Kelleigh Bilms
Partner
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Kelleigh is a partner in our Aerospace, Defense and Government Services and Private Capital Practices, based in Washington DC.

She advises Department of Defense stakeholders, the defense industry, and financial sponsors on strategy and transformation topics, with a focus on industrial base and innovation issues.

Having grown up in an army family, Kelleigh is deeply passionate about the intersection of private sector innovation and national security issues. In previous roles, she supported security cooperation policy development and international defense business growth.

Her expertise spans high-priority department defense missions and technologies, including hypersonic systems, advanced microelectronics, resilient communications, networking, and autonomous platforms. She helps public sector agencies and defense firms optimize technology roadmaps, investment strategies, and partnerships.

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Underpinned by emerging all-domain operating concepts, defense customers are transforming their visions for defense missions, supporting technologies, and the industrial base that will provide these technologies

Kelleigh holds a master's degree in U.S. national security policy from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service Security Studies Program. She serves as Oliver Wyman's representative to Business Executives for National Security.

Outside of work, Kelleigh enjoys spending time with her husband and young daughters, going to the beach, reading, and attending musical theater performances at the Kennedy Center and other Washington, DC, theaters.