Southpaw: It’s your own fault - don’t blame consultants for bank screw-ups

Three years on from the subprime crisis, the spotlight has finally fallen on the role played by management consultants in helping banks form strategies that led to billions of dollars of losses. But, the consultants should escape blame: things have gone very wrong at the top when a firm’s top managers call in external help to make and push through big decisions, writes David Rothnie.