Executive Committee

Hans-Paul Bürkner has been president and chief executive officer since 2003. He joined the firm in 1981 and was a member of the teams that opened BCG's Düsseldorf (1982) and Frankfurt (1991) offices. Before becoming the firm's first chief executive officer from Europe, he was head of BCG's global Financial Institutions practice.

During his 25 years at BCG, he has counted among his clients many of the world's leading financial institutions. He has worked with them to redefine the competitive landscapes in their segments, spearheaded major global expansion initiatives, and transformed formerly public enterprises into leading private institutions.

Hans-Paul studied economics, business administration, and Chinese, receiving a Diplom from the University of Bochum, an MA from Yale University, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Today he is based in both Frankfurt and New York, and travels extensively among BCG's global offices.

In a Financial Times profile, Hans-Paul discusses his management style and his vision for the firm.

Jeremy is responsible for all legal and compliance matters within BCG and heads our global risk-management function.  He leads a team of attorneys and risk-management personnel in the United States and Europe, utilizing his extensive experience advising on legal, governance, and risk-management issues within professional service firms.

Jeremy graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in law and—after a three-year break to compete for Great Britain as an international athlete—obtained his professional qualifications at Guildhall University Law School.  He went on to practice internationally as a corporate lawyer in the London and Paris offices of a leading city law firm.  Before BCG, Jeremy worked for ten years at the global professional services organizations Andersen and Ernst & Young, where he was European & deputy general counsel and global general counsel, respectively.

Frans is a senior partner in our Amsterdam office. He is the global leader of BCG’s Client Team, which supports client-service teams around the world in key activities such as prioritization, investment, pricing, and planning. Frans is also a member of our Financial Institutions and Insurance practices.

Since joining BCG in 1991, Frans has worked in many industries and multiple countries. Over that time, he has specialized in working for banks and insurance companies, developing growth strategies and value-management programs, as well as numerous profit-improvement programs, reorganization projects, and complete transformations. From 2005 to 2008 he was responsible for BCG's Central European and Eastern European offices.

Frans holds a BBA from the European University (Belgium and Switzerland) and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a reservist in the Royal Dutch Marine Corps. Before BCG, he worked for Staal Bankiers, a specialized private bank in The Netherlands.

Andrew is a senior partner in the Sydney office. He has been with BCG since 1994 and has led the global Organization practice since late 2007. Andrew is also a member of the Asia-Pacific leadership team. He previously led the firm’s Australian Financial Services practice and has played a variety of local office roles.
During his time at BCG, Andrew has been heavily involved in developing the firm’s research on building accountable, engaged, and effective organizations and ensuring that this research has broad application across client work. He has also helped lead the firm’s research on successful wealth-management businesses.

Andrew has led a number of multiyear change programs for large service companies as well as engagements relating to strategy, business development, and growth.

Before joining BCG, Andrew worked for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and for the Australian Government in a Commonwealth agency.

Andrew holds an M.B.A. from IMD in Switzerland, an M.Comm. (finance) from the University of NSW, and a Bachelor of Economics (Honors) from the Australian National University.

Michel works in our Paris office and leads BCG's People Team which guides how the firm recruits, retains, and develops its consultants and staff worldwide. As a member of the Energy practice, he has served as the global leader of the gas topic and the coordinator of the firm's energy and utilities work in France and Belgium.

Since joining BCG in 1985, Michel has led numerous strategic, organizational, and business strategy projects for major oil companies and European utilities. He has also worked extensively in consumer goods and retail, focusing on the areas of food, household products, department stores, variety stores, and other retailers.

Before assuming his current role, Michel led the Paris office for seven years. He is a graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton Business School.

Dieter is Chairman of BCG Germany and a member of the Executive Committee. He joined BCG in 1980 in Munich and moved to Düsseldorf two years later. From 1992 to 1997 he headed our Düsseldorf office. He also led the first Strategy Practice Initative from 1995 to 1997.

His client work has covered a broad range of topics and industries. It has featured work on strategy and portfolio development with conglomerates and on the organization of cultural change. He also has experience in driving business development and in supporting and coaching family-owned companies.

Dieter holds graduate and doctoral degrees in economics from Universität Bonn.

Rich joined BCG in 1993 and is a partner in our Atlanta office. As chief of staff, he supports the Executive Committee, the Operating Committee, and the chief executive officer in developing and executing their agendas. He helps drive high-priority issues, address strategic challenges and opportunities, and manage critical initiatives across geographies and practices.

Rich's primary focus in his consulting work has been consumer goods. He has served as the topic leader for pricing in North America and an active member of BCG's Client Service Initiative. He has experience in a variety of functional areas including innovation, marketing, pricing and operations.

Rich holds an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in economics with honors and distinction from Stanford University.

Rich is the Chairman of North and South America, the leader of BCG's New York office and is a core member of the Health Care and Consumer practice areas. He also heads our relationship with a leading pharmaceutical company.

Rich's project experience includes work on strategy and corporate development, as well as several major organizational—and operational—change efforts. He has recently worked on a large-scale postmerger integration, brand and channel strategies, alliance development, marketing and sales improvement, and e-business strategy.

Prior to joining the firm in 1988, Rich worked as a process development engineer and group leader at Procter & Gamble, where he led several projects aimed at reducing product costs and introducing new products. He has also worked in synthetic fuels R&D at Westinghouse Electric and BP.

Rich holds an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was designated a Baker scholar. He earned a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Sharon is a senior partner in the Washington office. She joined BCG in 1993 and currently leads BCG’s Consumer practice in the Americas.

In addition to being named one of the "Top 25 Consultants" by Consulting magazine in 2007, Sharon received a special award for client service at the magazine's first annual Achievement Awards honoring women leaders in consulting. She leads BCG’s Women's Initiative in the Americas.

Sharon earned her MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, where she graduated with distinction.  She earned her BA in economics, magna cum laude, with high honors in her major, from Duke University. Prior to joining BCG, she worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. in the mergers and acquisitions department.

Bjørn originally began working for BCG in Germany, and was later part of the team that started our Nordic Practice. In addition to his duties as European regional chair, he also serves as senior partner in our London office and is a member of the Executive Committee.

He has worked across a range of industries—and has extensive experience from leading large scale change programs across Europe. Today, Bjørn's client work is often focused on supporting senior management on issues around overall direction and governance of their corporations.

Bjørn holds a law degree from the University of Bergen Law School and a Master of Science in business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

Antonella is BCG's worldwide Brand topic leader and member of the worldwide Media practice. For over ten years Antonella has organized the "Brand Club," the top branding and media focused conference for CEOs in Germany. She works out of our Munich and Vienna offices and is a member of BCG's Executive Committee and of the European Management Team in charge of European Marketing.

In addition to her project work, Antonella is a coinitiator of the school project business@school. She also leads other BCG social impact activities, including the German Bone Marrow Donor Center (DKMS) as well as Europe's 500 – Entrepreneurs for Growth, the European association of fast growing companies. Since 2003, she writes a biweekly column in the leading Austrian daily Der Standard. A selection of these essays focused on the art and science of strategy and leadership has recently been published in her book Acupuncture for Management.

Antonella studied business administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. She earned her doctorate at Università degli Studi di Roma and holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD, Fontainebleau.

Hubertus Meinecke joined BCG in 1995 and is the head of our Hamburg office. He is the leader of the Industrial Goods practice in the United Kingdom and is a member of BCG's Metals and Mining and Automotive practices. He is also an expert in the Research and Development topic.

Hubertus’ extensive experience in the automotive industry includes working on the optimization of engineering standards for German auto manufacturers, strategy development, process redesign, and brand integration. In the metals and mining industry, he has worked with numerous global companies on procurement and sourcing optimization, cost reduction, transformation initiatives, postmerger integration, and growth strategies.

Hubertus holds a PhD in business administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and he earned his master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Takashi Mitachi, who joined BCG in 1993, is cohead of BCG's Japan operation. He is a core member of the Strategy, and Marketing and Sales practice areas, with deep expertise in corporate strategy, group management, and leadership team development.

He has written two books—both have sold over 100,000 copies in Asia. The BCG Way: The Art of Strategic Insight, focuses on how to develop capabilities to generate strategic insight beyond widely-known concepts and industry rule-of-thumbs, and Capabilities to Apply Knowledge describes how to integrate knowledge and skills to get real managerial impact. Takashi also regularly appears on a well-known business news program which airs nightly on one of Japan's television stations.

Before joining the firm, Takashi worked for 14 years at Japan Airlines, where his positions included manager of the corporate planning department at the head office in Tokyo. He holds an M.B.A. with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in American literature from Kyoto University.

Ron serves as global leader of the practice areas, leader of the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications practice, and is a member of the Executive Committee. He works out of the Dallas office, which he opened in 1994. Over the last 22 years, he has also served as the global leader of the Organization practice and chairman of North and South America.

Since joining BCG in 1987, Ron's focus has been telecommunications and airlines, and he has worked on major business transformations with a number of Fortune 50 companies. Before coming to BCG, Ron held senior positions with Babcock and Wilcox and was a United States naval officer, serving aboard a nuclear ballistic missile submarine and teaching nuclear engineering.

Ron received a BS in physics with honors from the United States Naval Academy, where he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Prize for outstanding engineering work. He also has an MBA from Duke University, where he was named a Fuqua Scholar.

Debbie is responsible for leading BCG's global finance function and for financial matters at BCG. Before assuming her current role, Debbie was the partner responsible for tax, treasury, and finance. She has been with the firm since 2001. Prior to joining BCG, Debbie was the PricewaterhouseCoopers lead tax partner serving BCG since 1990.

Debbie worked at PwC for 16 years, joining the firm immediately after graduating from MIT Sloan School of Management in 1985. She had previously earned a degree in engineering at Duke University. At PwC, she ran the Northeast region's international tax group for several years, and she served on PwC's U.S. board of directors in 2000.

Janmejaya is Chairman of Asia Pacific and also leads our India practice. His primary focus is financial services and Janmejaya has worked with clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and India on issues encompassing strategy, corporate governance, risk, operations, and organization.

Janmejaya writes regularly for the Indian press and speaks frequently on a wide variety of subjects in different industry forums like Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Indian Banks Association (IBA), etc. He is regularly asked to join committees formed by the RBI, IBA, and CII and currently sits on CII's banking committee, services council, and is part of IBA's working group to review the Banking Regulation Act.

Before becoming a consultant, Janmejaya worked for ten years with the Reserve Bank of India across various departments. He has a Ph.D. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; a B.A. and an M.A. in economics from Clare College, Cambridge University; and a B.A. and an M.A. in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University.

Daniel is a senior partner in the Berlin office. Since he joined the firm in 1990, he has been particularly interested in corporate development issues. In 2003 became global leader of the practice.

Over the course of his career, Daniel has directed numerous projects throughout Europe with a focus on defining portfolio strategies, implementing value based strategies, supporting M&A and IPO processes, and setting up strategic alliances and ventures.

Prior to joining the firm, Daniel studied business administration and holds a doctoral degree from Hochschule St. Gallen.