Adam Ikdal
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Johannesburg
Adam Ikdal has more than 25 years of experience serving leading institutions across Europe, the US, and Africa. His focus is on clients in Boston Consulting Group’s Financial Institutions practice and in the insurance industry as a whole. Adam was the head of the BCG Norway for five years and has been the head of BCG South Africa for the last five years.
Adam’s main area of expertise is running large scale improvement efforts with the aim of significantly shifting the improvement trajectory. He is currently advising many CEOs of leading institutions in Africa and serving clients across Sub-Saharan Africa. He previously was an Officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces.
Financial inclusion, which is linked to family prosperity, GDP growth, and reduced poverty rates, can help build a more promising future for South Africa.
BCG’s new tool can help countries, financial institutions, and NGOs improve financial inclusion.
Consumer optimism in South Africa is holding up well considering the country's economic crisis. But that’s likely to change. Companies should act now to weather the downturn.
Many promising infrastructure projects in Africa are hobbled by the lack of early-stage project-preparation financing. A new approach can help get more of these projects off the ground.
