Sylvain Duranton
Managing Director & Senior Partner, Global Leader, BCG GAMMA
Paris
Sylvain Duranton is a core member of the Marketing, Sales & Pricing; Consumer; and Technology, Media & Communications practices at The Boston Consulting Group.
Since joining BCG in 1993, Sylvain has advised clients in a number of sectors, including railways, airlines, construction and infrastructure, telecom, media, and energy. He has deep knowledge and expertise in pricing, marketing and sales, and travel and tourism.
Sylvain’s focus is on high-impact transformation programs, vision and strategy work, and improvement programs in pricing, marketing, and sales. He pushes for the full immersion of BCG teams into clients’ operational teams to deliver impact.
He is also a member of BCG's GAMMA team, which creates competitive advantages for organizations by unleashing the power of signals hidden deep within large and complex data sets. BCG's GAMMA team conceptualizes, builds, and deploys advanced analytic solutions that can transform the trajectories of organizations in 12 to 24 months.
Before joining BCG, Sylvain was a consultant with Orgaconseil.
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