Ken Kanara
CEO & President
Ken Kanara is President at ECA. He works with clients to fill permanent and project based roles. Ken has extensive experience in management consulting, having spent more than a decade working with clients on various strategic and operational initiatives at Booz & Company.
Ken graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in Economics, from The Johns Hopkins University.
Example Strategy Projects:
- Mobile Payments Strategy Development for Major US/ Canadian Retail Oil & Gas Co
- Strategic Plan / Reorganization Assessment for Middle East Oil & Gas Shipping Client
- Strategic Plan (including supply and reserve forecasts) Development for Middle East Upstream NOC
- Strategic Business Transformation & Shared Services Optimization for Global Asset Servicer
- Performance Management & Balanced Scorecard Implementation for Middle East Midstream NOC
- Market Analysis & Retail Strategy Development for Middle East Aquaculture (Fish farming) Client
- Pricing Strategy and Pilot Program for US Specialty Automotive Parts Distributor
- Product Development and Market Strategy for Global Asset Servicing Company
- Manpower Strategy and Implementation for Middle East NOC
- Strategic Review of Client Operating Model for Institutional Investor Services Company
- IT Infrastructure Planning for Major US Investment Clearing House Client
- Market Analysis of Captive Auto Finance Industry for Japanese Bank
- Corporate Social Responsibility Program Development for US Tobacco Client
Example M&A / Due Diligence Projects:
- Confidential PE Firm Targeting a Major US Packaged Foods Company
- Confidential PE firm Targeting a Major Canadian Telco (largest historical leveraged buyout at the time – 2007)
- Major US Industrials Client Targeting Investment in Handheld Imaging space
- Confidential PE firm Targeting a US Check Processing Company
- Major US Industrial Goods Client Targeting Investment in Oil & Gas Equipment space
- Major US Industrials Client Targeting Investment in Upstream Oil & Gas Equipment Market (twin-screw pumps)
- Major US Industrials Client Targeting Investment in Downstream Oil & Gas Equipment Market (condition monitoring sensors)
- Confidential PE Firm Targeting Acquisitions in Subsea Oil & Gas and Consumer Retail industries
Recent Press / Publications

How To Implement Standardized Employee Reviews: 15 Tips
“The most successful review processes start with a “MECE” framework. Popularized by McKinsey consultants, it stands for “mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive”.”