George Woods | L.E.K. Consulting

George Woods is a Partner in L.E.K. Consulting’s Sydney office and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He is a member of L.E.K.’s Industrials practice and leads L.E.K.’s Asia-Pacific Infrastructure practice. He is also part of L.E.K.’s global Sustainability Committee, leading the firm’s internal decarbonization efforts, including our Ecovadis, SBTI and CDP certifications.

George brings over 30 years of consulting experience, advising major corporates, private equity firms, and the public sector across Asia-Pacific and Europe. He supports clients with corporate strategy, growth, M&A and decarbonization initiatives.

In industrials, George brings deep sector experience across diverse segments, including building products and materials, construction and other asset-intensive clients across Asia on growth and competitive matters. He specializes in developing regional strategy, competitive strategy, M&A strategy as well as new plant investment. His work often focuses on globalizing supply chains, vertical integration and enhancing customer value propositions. He has acted as an honest broker in industry-redefining mergers in cement and bricks.

George’s infrastructure experience ranges across the value chain and asset classes, including aviation, road, rail, marine, health, gas, electricity, telecoms and waste. He has advised on many leading infra transactions in the ANZ market. He has worked extensively with major opcos, investors and the public sector to assist clients with strategy development and investment decisions.

Within the infrastructure arena, George leads our airports practice. In this capacity, he has advised airport clients for over 20 years on aeronautical and commercial matters, including corporate straetgy and operating model, infrastructure decisions such as runway timing and terminal strategy, and BU strategy including route development, retail and ground transport. He has helped Australian airports deliver ground transport EBITDA uplift of over $50 million per annum, and helped one airport reduce its delays and improve on-time performance by four percent.

He was a key commercial advisor to the Australian government on the business case for the development of the second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek, defining the scope and commercial parameters of the airport.

George holds an MA in Mathematics from Queens’ College, Cambridge, where he was a Foundation Scholar. He also holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, France.