Managing Director & Senior Partner
Los Angeles
Jeff Hill is the global leader of The Boston Consulting Group’s engineering and construction sector and is a member of BCG's global infrastructure steering committee. He is also the managing partner of BCG's Los Angeles office and a member of the Industrial Goods, Energy, and Marketing, Sales & Pricing practices.
Since joining BCG in 2000, Jeff has worked extensively with clients in the engineering and construction, industrial goods, and energy sectors on a wide range of issues, including postmerger integration, margin improvement, turnaround plans, organization redesign, and shareholder value strategy. In addition, he coleads BCG's work with the World Economic Forum on strategic infrastructure.
Jeff has deep experience in the automotive industry, particularly in the areas of sales, marketing, pricing, product strategy, and distribution. He has helped numerous automotive companies plan their brand resurgence, launch new vehicles, and develop global pricing strategies. He also led BCG's support of the President's Automotive Task Force turnaround of GM and Chrysler.
Jeff is a board member of the Los Angeles Sports Council and Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, and he is a member of the State Bar of California Bar. Prior to BCG, he was an economics teaching fellow at Harvard University.
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