Adam Farber
Senior Partner & Managing Director; Global Leader, Health Care Practice
Boston
Adam Farber is both the global leader of the Health Care practice and a core member of the Operations practice at The Boston Consulting Group.
Since he joined BCG in 1998, Adam's client work has covered multiple sectors in health care, including biopharma and medtech, payers, providers, and global health.
Adam's client work has ranged from strategy definition to business model/organization changes, growth and innovation, operations/supply chain transformation, and applying digital and analytics to drive business acceleration.
Adam has authored articles for the industry journal Pharmaceutical Executive, and he has contributed a chapter to the BCG book, Own the Future: 50 Ways to Win from The Boston Consulting Group.
Prior to joining BCG, Adam worked at the management consultancy Lochridge & Company.
Areas of Expertise
- Health care, focusing on biopharma
- Health care payers, providers, medtech, and foundations
- Corporate and divisional strategy development
- Analytics strategy for business acceleration
- Operating model/organization design and implementation
- Supply chain strategy and plant network optimization
- Development and implementation of operational excellence/Lean transformation
- PMI
- Private equity due diligence
Education
- MBA, with concentration in finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- BA, magna cum laude, Dartmouth College
Publications and Videos
- How Three Leaders Are Building Their Teams and Boosting Results, BCG article, April 2018
- Own the Future: 50 Ways to Win from The Boston Consulting Group, book—Wiley Publishing, April 2013
- Lean Comes to Pharma, BCG article, November 2009
- The Downturn: Thinking Smaller and Smarter, BCG report, May 2009
- Getting More from Lean: Seven Success Factors, BCG report, October 2008
- Rethinking Operations for a Two-Speed World, Business@Wharton, January 2011