Peter Dawe
Partner & Managing Director
Toronto
Peter Dawe is a member of the Consumer, Operations, and Corporate Development practices at The Boston Consulting Group. He is also the node for the Consumer practice and operations-focused assignments within the firm’s Canadian practice.
Since joining BCG in 2001, Peter has worked with clients to head growth and turnaround efforts across a range of industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, technology, media and telecommunications, and durable goods.
Peter has taken a leading role in a number of assignments requiring collaboration on legal strategy, such as US and EU regulatory clearance for a large multinational acquisition, as well as antitrust pricing-cartel investigation and defense.
Before joining BCG, Peter was a freelance writer.
Areas of Expertise
- Redesign of manufacturing operation models
- Reduction of multicategory complexity
- Lean advantage
- Media services
- Product innovation
- Go-to-market strategy
- Cross-functional profit-enhancement transformation
- Internal benchmarking and optimization
- Global product leadership
Education
- BS, chemical engineering, Queen’s University, Canada
Publications and Videos
- How CPG Supply Chains Are Preparing for Seismic Change, BCG report, January 2018
- As Grocery Goes Digital, How Should CPG Supply Chains Adapt?, BCG article, October 2017
- Will Canadian Retailers Meet Demand as E-Commerce Takes Off?, BCG report, June 2017
- Segmentation in the Consumer Supply Chain: One Size Does Not Fit All, BCG article, December 2015
- Time to Shift Gears: Top Trends in the CPG Supply Chain, BCG report, October 2015
- A Hard Road: Why CPG Companies Need a Strategic Approach to Transportation, BCG report, July 2015
- Less Can Be More for Product Portfolios: Attacking Complexity While Enhancing the Value of Diversity, BCG article, August 2014
- Impact-Based Philanthropy, BCG article, December 2012