Rodolphe Charme di Carlo
Principal, Ambassador, BCG Henderson Institute
Paris
Rodolphe has been with the Boston Consulting Group since 2012. He now leads the BCG Henderson Institute Center for Technology and Geopolitics.
A member of BCG's Public Sector, Corporate Finance & Strategy, and Global Advantage practices, Rodolphe has worked with several ministries, government agencies, and private sector market leaders in Europe, the US, the Middle East, and Africa, covering topics such as economic development, investment attraction, growth strategy, and industrial planning.
Rodolphe previously managed the BCG Henderson Institute’s Strategy Lab in New York and co-authored BCG Perspectives on the topic of corporate vitality, as well as publications on strategy and execution in leading external magazines, such as the Harvard Business Review. He has also worked in the firm’s New York, Paris, Casablanca, and Dubai offices.
Before joining BCG, Rodolphe worked at a startup in Sweden, an SME in France, a multinational corporation in Italy, and a global investment bank in the UK. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
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