Who moved where, and why: people moves and key events in Polish consulting
The first edition of AskTribe Insights. We collected the key people moves of the year so far: who switched firms, who joined from industry, who left for industry and who was promoted. We also looked at what they say about each firm's strategy and where it is investing.
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At a glance
43people moves
6moves between consulting firms
7arrivals from industry
6departures to industry
24promotions and appointments
MBB firms lose people; the Big Four and Alvarez & Marsal gain. BCG (including Platinion) is at −5 and McKinsey at −2. KPMG, EY and Alvarez & Marsal each gained two people.
From McKinsey to insurance. Three people left McKinsey for insurers this year: UNIQA, Generali and Direct.
Partners from industry. Four of the seven people who joined consulting from industry came in directly as partners.
A changing of the guard. New leadership at PwC and new heads of EY Poland and KPMG in Poland, all three long-serving insiders.
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AskTribe Insights combines public news of people moves with the market knowledge AskTribe gathers every day in conversations with candidates and experts. We build a consistent picture of the market and interpret the key changes.
We track two kinds of change. Company moves: switches between consulting firms, arrivals from industry and departures to industry. Promotions and appointments: new roles within the same firm, from Associate Partner to CEO. We also cover key events in the market. As this is the first edition, it covers 2026 up to September.
Exhibit 1MBB firms lose people while the Big Four and Alvarez & Marsal gain: net moves by firmNumber of people who joined or left each firm, January–September 2026
LeftJoined
A&M+2
2
EY+2
2
KPMG+2
2
1
Deloitte+1
2
Accenture+1
1
Kearney+1
1
OC&C+1
1
2
PwC-1
1
1
Bain-1
3
McKinsey-2
1
5
BCG-5
Show data as a table
Firm
Joined
Left
Net
A&M
2
0
+2
EY
2
0
+2
KPMG
2
0
+2
Deloitte
2
1
+1
Accenture
1
0
+1
Kearney
1
0
+1
OC&C
1
0
+1
PwC
1
2
-1
Bain
0
1
-1
McKinsey
1
3
-2
BCG
0
5
-5
The negative balance at McKinsey, BCG and Bain is no surprise. MBB firms mostly grow their senior ranks from within: over the same period they promoted six people to Associate Partner, Principal or Partner. The only hire at that level was Adam Olejniczak, who moved from BCG to McKinsey; no one joined from outside MBB. Their people, meanwhile, are in demand at the Big Four and in industry. The data covers a studied sample: people at Director / Associate Partner level and above at management consulting and related firms, whose moves were announced publicly. It shows direction rather than the full market.
Note: firms in the same group are counted together (EY: EY, EY-Parthenon; PwC: PwC, Strategy&; BCG: BCG, BCG Platinion, BCG X). Includes moves between consulting firms, arrivals from industry and departures to industry. Source: public announcements, LinkedIn, press releases; AskTribe analysis
Chapter 1
Our observations
MBB firms train the talent, and the market takes it
Eight people at Director / Associate Partner level and above left McKinsey, BCG and Bain for other firms this year: two for KPMG, one for OC&C and five for industry. The only hire at that level was a move within MBB: Adam Olejniczak joined McKinsey from BCG as an Associate Partner. The three firms hired no one from outside MBB, but promoted six people internally. It is a model in which the firm grows its own leaders and its alumni supply the rest of the market.
Insurers and banks are hiring consultants
Five of the six people who left consulting for industry joined financial firms: Pekao, UNIQA, Generali, Direct and KRUK. All came from MBB, three from McKinsey and two from BCG. They took on roles in strategy, transformation, change management or running the business, where consulting experience carries over most directly.
The top jobs go to insiders, but partners can come from outside
The new heads of EY Poland, KPMG in Poland and PwC Poland have been with their firms for 19 to 27 years. At the same time, four people joined the Big Four from industry directly as partners: from InPost, Ailleron/ING, PEJ/PZU and Katara Hospitality. Clients increasingly expect advisers with operational experience, and an executive from industry brings it from day one.
Technology and AI feature in almost one in four moves
In ten of the 43 moves, technology or AI is the person's core specialism: from KPMG's new Head of Technology Advisory, to two agentic AI roles at Deloitte and McKinsey and new partners for cloud at PwC and cyber security at EY, to the new head of KPMG in Poland, who previously led its AI services in the region.
The Big Four run regions, not countries
Central Europe is becoming a single market for the Big Four. PwC CEE operates as one partnership across 27 countries with more than 13,000 people, KPMG Central and Eastern Europe covers 16 countries and 40 offices, EY Europe Central 33 countries, and since June 2026 Deloitte has combined firms from more than 80 countries into one EMEA structure. Polish leaders took key regional roles this year: Agnieszka Gajewska leads PwC CEE, Jacek Kędzior heads EY Europe Central, and Mariusz Chudy and Jan Tokarski lead Advisory and Tax, Legal & People across the region at PwC. For partners, the role is shifting from local business owner to regional team leader.
Alvarez & Marsal is building a senior team in Poland
Alvarez & Marsal has quickly built a relatively large team in Poland, around 30 consultants by our count. It is unusually senior: six of the seven Managing Directors and Senior Directors are MBB alumni, and over 70% of the team comes from top consulting firms. This year's hires include Bernard Siekański from Strategy& and Anna Romaniuk from mInvestment Banking. It is an unusual pyramid, costlier to run but with a strong offer for clients, and a sign that Warsaw could become a hub serving the wider region.
Chapter 2
Key events
September 2026
Ufenau Capital Partners launches Alterion, a professional services platform
Swiss investor Ufenau Capital Partners has launched Alterion, a group that aims to become a leading professional services platform in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. It starts with three firms, KWKR, Nexia Advicero and STRATEGOR, covering law, tax advisory, accounting and grant advisory. A few days later the group secured PLN 145.2 million of financing from ING for further consolidation in Poland and the region. It is a buy-and-build model, in which an investor combines several service firms into one group, and a sign that private equity is serious about consolidating Poland's professional services market.
Chapter 3
Company moves
Between consulting firms
6
The standout story is a pair from BCG Platinion: Anna Wiącek-Kocot and Jakub Jaworski moved together to KPMG, where Anna now leads Technology Advisory for Poland and CEE. In February Alvarez & Marsal hired Bernard Siekański from Strategy&.
Four of the seven people who joined from industry came in directly as partners. In August EY hired partners from InPost and Ailleron/ING, and PwC brought in Krystian Solawa, who spent nearly 20 years financing infrastructure and energy projects, including the Baltica-2 offshore wind farm. In September Deloitte hired Sebastian Orzechowski to lead agentic AI in Central Europe. Firms are responding to clients who want advisers with operational, not just project, experience.
20+ years in finance and technology, previously head of post-trade and custody for CEE at UniCredit.
April
From consulting to industry
6
Five of the six people who left for industry joined financial firms. The biggest move was Łukasz Kowalczyk, who after almost 19 years at BCG became COO and head of strategy in Pekao's commercial banking division in January. Three people from McKinsey joined insurers: Rafał Domański, a McKinsey Partner, now heads the Polish branch of Direct pojišťovna, Justyna Kwiecień leads change management at Generali, and Bartosz Koźbiał leads process development and innovation at UNIQA.
At PwC since 2021. Specialises in cloud migrations and IT transformations.
July
EY
5
Mateusz Pociask succeeded Jacek Kędzior, who now leads EY's Europe Central region. In June Magda Warpas took over the banking practice, and in July Łukasz Trojanowski and Łukasz Kowalski were among those promoted to partner.
At KPMG in Poland this is more than a change at the top. In 2026 the region took over the running of the Polish firm: KPMG Central and Eastern Europe (16 countries, 40 offices) is headed by Radek Halíček of the Czech Republic, and Petr Bučík, also Czech, leads Advisory across CEE. Since 1 May 2026 KPMG in Poland has been led by Andrzej Gałkowski as Country Managing Partner. He succeeded Stacy Ligas, who had led the firm since 2019.
This is our first edition, so we have certainly not captured every move, and we ask for your understanding. We only describe publicly announced moves; what we learn in conversations with the market goes into our analysis. If we missed someone, let us know.
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AskTribe Insights tracks people moves and key events at consulting firms operating in Poland, from Director / Associate Partner level upwards. Every move we describe was announced publicly, and our analysis also draws on the market knowledge AskTribe gathers every day in conversations with market participants. This is the first, pilot edition: we chose the moves and events subjectively, based on what we considered most important, so the report does not cover every change in the market.
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