Alexander Roos
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Berlin
Alexander Roos is the global leader of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for CFO Excellence and a member of the Industrial Goods practice.
Since joining BCG in 1998, Alexander’s client work has included global corporations—as well as international private-equity investors and sovereign wealth funds—covering a wide range of industries.
Alexander has extensive experience supporting global portfolio and strategy reviews, developing and implementing acquisition strategies and divestiture programs, structuring and managing turnaround processes and performance improvements, and organizing investor management and capital market studies.
Prior to joining BCG, Alexander held positions in consulting, financial advisory services, and corporate controlling in Europe and North America.
Players that shift from centralized conventional generation toward a more distributed and digital approach are likely to become the next decade’s value creation leaders.
Our new global CFO survey during the COVID-19 crisis reveals that many CFOs are less pessimistic than they were when we first conducted the survey in April. In fact, half of the respondents have a more positive outlook, while about one-third have more negative expectations. This change in outlook naturally varies by industry: semiconductor, retail, and software and services CFOs are much more optimistic about the revenue and profit impact of the pandemic than they were in April, while CFOs in industrial goods industries (such as automotive) still see relatively little cause for optimism. (See the sidebar “About the Survey.”)
The rankings provide a valuable frame of reference by indicating which companies and industries entered the COVID-19 crisis with TSR momentum and which did not.
CFOs, though surprisingly pessimistic, are making the right moves to keep their businesses viable. To prepare for the future, they should take a scenario-based approach to balance financial discipline with strategic flexibility.
Participants in BCG’s 11th annual investor survey favor companies that pursue long-term growth while preparing for short-term headwinds.
Only a few CFOs lead finance functions that truly outperform in both efficiency and effectiveness. Here’s what sets them apart.
New competitors are changing how the game is played. Traditional winners must adjust by adopting key strategies of digital natives.
The headline numbers don’t tell the whole story. Use the interactive format to delve deeper into the performance of the world’s leading companies.
Today’s cautious investors are building resilience that’s balanced by plans for long-term value creation.
Value creation has changed, but the rules—and the ways of winning—remain the same.
