Torsten Kurth
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Berlin
Torsten Kurth is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Health Care practice, where he focuses on life science. He also leads BCG's agriculture work in Europe.
Since joining BCG in 2000, Torsten has worked extensively with clients in the agriculture, chemicals, and health care industries.
In his work with life science clients, Torsten has supported several large-scale transformations and postmerger integrations, and he has also developed numerous growth and M&A strategies. In addition, he has helped clients improve and leverage their innovation and technology capabilities—such as by setting up life science technology collaborations and joint ventures. Torsten has particularly deep expertise in commercial excellence in life science.
Before joining BCG, Torsten worked at the BASF main laboratory, a foundational research organization focusing on pharma, fine chemicals, and agricultural research.
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Protecting our planet's most precious resource isn't just a matter of environmental stewardship. It's a substantial business problem.
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Fresh water is in crisis around the world. Assessing the risks and mitigating the impacts require systematic thinking and collaborative action.
The old innovation model at the big agricultural-input companies no longer works. To survive, they must go digital and focus on customer needs.
The companies that succeed will continue to focus on the fundamentals and exercise financial discipline.
No matter where a company sits in the value chain, transformation is essential for thriving in the competitive world of commodity crops.
Agricultural-input suppliers need to act fast because the rapidly increasing use of digital information will quickly sort the winners from the losers.
