Anton Stepanenko

Anton Stepanenko is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Public Sector practice, and leads that practice’s work in education, employment, and welfare. He is an expert in the fields of education, human capital, and social impact, and has delivered multiple complex, large-scale projects for various government agencies and universities, as well as for major Russian and global public and private companies.

Anton recently prepared a 2025 strategy for a leading Russian university and launched its implementation and developed the vision and key initiatives for a prominent business school in CIS. He has also run a global study to address the global "skills mismatch" challenge and develop an actionable toolkit to support national governments, as well as having led numerous projects on university and school strategies and plans of actions.

Anton is the Founder and Chair of Todogood, a pro bono platform for consulting to social sector organizations, and a member of the board of Charity Aid Foundation (CAF) Russia.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Public sector
Education
Social impact
Fundraising strategy
Emerging technology strategy
Employee motivation programs

EDUCATION

MBA, London Business School
MA, law, Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Publications and Videos

Alleviating the Heavy Toll of the Global Skills Mismatch

The Future Skills Architect tool enables governments and businesses to accurately and effectively address the problem of mismatched workforce skills and tasks.

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Governments Must Fix the Skills Mismatch for a Post-COVID World

As COVID-19 widens the gap between supply and demand, countries cannot stop at short-term measures—they must plan strategically for skills in a recovering economy.

Эксперт рассказал, что 34 миллиона россиян работают не на своем месте

Специалисты либо недостаточно компетентны, либо напротив слишком опытны

Fixing the Global Skills Mismatch

Countries must strive to achieve human-capital development that serves the economies of tomorrow.

Uzbekistan: Window of Opportunity

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Improving Russia’s Economy Through Regional Benchmarking

In 2013, each of the different regions in Russia followed its own approach to economic development. The Russian national government, regional governments, and major business associations struggled to monitor the efforts—and success—of regional authorities seeking to improve their business and investment climate. Existing ratings and statistical tools provided inconsistent—and sometimes controversial—results without a consolidated view. Moreover, no one had a simple way to identify which practices were working.

Helping Regions Grow Faster and Grow Better

Business attractiveness indices have been a key tool in international economic development for decades. Economic development officials all over the world find such indices useful for pinpointing ways to improve their countries’ investment climate. But most of these indices have a critical limitation: they compare performance between countries even though many of the most important economic considerations are local by nature. The fact is that countries seldom grow all at once: often, one region can be decades ahead of another part of the country.

Russia 2025: Resetting the Talent Balance

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