Enrique Rueda-Sabater

Enrique Rueda-Sabater works with The Boston Consulting Group’s Global Advantage, Strategy, Public Sector, and Technology practices. He has developed scenarios for global economic dynamics and markets and supported teams on scenario development as a basis for strategy in corporations and international organizations, and for national and regional economic development. He is also one of the architects of BCG’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment framework.

Enrique teaches courses on scenarios and strategy at ESADE business school in Barcelona. He has been a visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development and a regular guest lecturer at the London School of Economics. He has also spoken to academic, think tank, and business audiences in China, Europe, Latin America, Malaysia, and the US. Some of the lectures covered his work on wellbeing and on scenarios about the world in 2020 and the Internet in 2025.

Throughout his career, Enrique has developed a wide range of analytical frameworks, led two major long-range-scenario projects, managed large teams, engaged in international negotiations, and provided strategic advice to public sector and nonprofit entities and corporations.

Prior to joining BCG, Enrique was director of strategy and economics at Cisco Systems (Emerging Markets). Before that he was at The World Bank for two decades, ending as director of corporate strategy.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Scenarios
Strategy
Economic development
International organizations
Macroeconomics
Information and communications technology

EDUCATION

Doctoral studies (ABD), economics and agricultural economics, Pennsylvania State University
MSc, agricultural economics and policy, University of Reading
MBA, ESADE Business School
BA, business and economics, University of Deusto and ESADE Business School

Publications and Videos

Have You Future-Proofed Your Strategy?

We present four scenarios that can help stretch your thinking beyond forecasts. They prepare organizations for the unpredictable and for whatever lies ahead.

Measure Well-Being to Improve It

Governments need a dashboard—one that tracks not just economic growth but also citizens’ well-being and happiness levels—in order to understand how their performance stacks up.

Towards A Broader View of National Performance

There’s a fundamental societal shift underway—and many governments are missing it. National decision makers and government leaders are still mainly relying on the product equivalent to assess policy performance, failing to consider the equivalent of consumer experience--the well-being of citizens.

Investing in Central Asia: One Region, Many Opportunities

Центральная Азия, регион, включающий Узбекистан, Казахстан, Таджикистан, Киргизию и Туркменистан, обладает существенным потенциалом для того, чтобы стать привлекательным направлением для инвестиций.

Well-Being Trends over the Past Decade

It’s been a turbulent time, but BCG’s 2019 Sustainable Economic Development Assessment offers some surprising good news: the well-being of people around the world has been improving.

Striking a Balance Between Well-Being and Growth

Raising living standards is an admirable goal, but does it take a toll on the economy? BCG’s SEDA finds that the answer is no—in fact, there’s a virtuous circle at work.

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The Challenge of Converting Wealth into Well-Being

Inclusiveness—as reflected in income equality, a strong civil society, and sound governance—has a direct impact on how well countries are able to convert wealth into well-being for their people.

Peru: Climbing the Andean Heights of Wealth and Well-Being

Despite recent increases in its wealth and the well-being of its people, Peru must make greater effort to improve.

The Private-Sector Opportunity to Improve Well-Being

By developing innovative business models, companies can increase people’s access to financial services. Doing that will also increase their well-being, according to BCG’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment.

What Cuba’s Economic Evolution Means for Multinationals

As US-Cuba relations improve, many companies are showing interest—with good reason. Cuba’s economy has the potential for significant growth in the long term.

Think You Need an Emerging-Markets Strategy? Think Again

Notions of a binary world, divided into wealthy “advanced” economies and fast-growing “emerging” economies, are outdated. Companies need a new approach to setting global strategies.

Why Well-Being Should Drive Growth Strategies

BCG’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment evaluates how effectively countries convert wealth into well-being relative to other countries—and raises important questions in the field of development.

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