Managing Director & Senior Partner
Madrid
Ramón Baeza leads Boston Consulting Group’s Corporate Finance & Strategy practice and BCG TURN in Western Europe, South America, and Africa. BCG TURN helps clients deliver rapid, visible performance improvements in the short term while strengthening their organizations and positioning them to win in the future. In addition, Ramón heads BCG's innovation work globally. Since joining the firm in 1992, he has worked in Madrid, Paris, Brussels, and Lisbon.
Ramón has deep expertise in strategy, innovation, contract renegotiation, process evaluation, internationalization, organization structure, diversification, and cost reduction. He has been engaged in turnarounds with clients on numerous projects in the energy, telecom, technology, and building and construction industries. These clients include oil, gas, water, utilities, and power companies.
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