From PE to consulting?

Is it possible to move over from PE (director level) to consulting ? I have had numerous people in consulting shoot this idea down. But consulting seems far more interesting and giving variety of work. And how would one do it? Another way perhaps might be to try to join an ops team but I believe they largely gather those staff from consulting firms.

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