Pia on the Road
Education
- Graduate MBA scholar, Kellogg School of Management
- Master’s degree, finance and economics, University of Bern
Honors and Awards
- Top 30 Global Leaders in Consulting, by US Consulting Magazine, 2019
- Top 100 most influential women in Business, 2014
- Top 40 below 40 in Switzerland by Bilanz, 2012
- CEO Generation, elected female young leaders, 2010
Since joining BCG in 1998, Pia Tischauser has served clients in insurance, financial services, and health care across Europe, the US and Asia out of BCG’s Zurich, Chicago and London offices. In addition to serving on BCG's global Liquid Asset Investment Committee, she has held a variety of positions of responsibility at BCG. Most recently, from 2023 to 2025, she served as the firm's chief alumni officer (CAO) and before that, she served on BCG's global executive committee, was the global Insurance practice leader, and led the firm’s global commercial insurance and reinsurance business. As CAO, Pia drove purposeful engagement with the 40,000+ strong alumni community, establishing a bold vision for a newly integrated Alumni & Career Services function, rolling out a new regional leadership model, and revamping the graduation process for a consistently high-quality experience across geographies.
Pia is also a non-executive Director on the Board of Directors of Swiss Re and serves on its risk committee. Moreover, she serves on the board of trustees of the Zurich Zoo, the advisory boards of the Management Institute of the University of St. Gallen and of the Rochester-Bern Board certification program.
Before coming to the firm, Pia worked as a program assistant for the Rochester-Bern Executive MBA and at the Finance Department of the University of Berne.