Simon Bartletta
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Boston
Simon Bartletta is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Financial Institutions practice. He led BCG's Boston office for the past six years. Simon advises financial services institutions on a variety of strategic, operational, and organizational issues in the areas of asset and wealth management, capital markets, and retail banking. He is a former co-leader of BCG Turn in North America.
Simon has led many major performance-improvement programs for large financial services players and companies in a variety of other industries. These have focused on restructuring and delayering, redesigning operating models and leaning processes, and significant cost- and revenue-improvement programs. He has worked on postmerger integrations of leading global financial entities and large-asset-servicing banks and has also developed growth strategies for a number of his clients.
Before joining BCG in 2000, Simon was a senior consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in Virginia, where he worked on large-scale business process reengineering ranging from operations and organization design through implementation and change management.
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When low oil prices brought on new rivals, the specialty petrochemicals manufacturer fought back by cutting costs and partnering with one of the world’s biggest oil companies.
Faced with new competition in its home market, the Australian airline protected its turf by upgrading its fleet, launching new routes, and investing in digital to improve the customer experience.
Hit by regulatory changes and low public spending, the Spanish infrastructure company recovered by paying down debt, restructuring, and moving into high-growth countries.
Suffering from intense price competition, the Japanese chemical and flavorings company shifted away from commodity offerings and developed specialty products for new customers.
As demand for newsprint and bulk paper has fallen, Finland’s UPM has shifted to higher-growth products and new categories.
As smartphones cut into camera sales and health care reform hurt the medical imaging business, Olympus restored itself by investing in markets where it was already strong.
The parent company of Peugeot, Opel, and other European car brands rebounded after the financial crisis by trimming its portfolio and doubling down on digital.
