Hans-Paul Bürkner

Hans-Paul Bürkner
Buerkner during the WEF 2012
President and CEO, The Boston Consulting Group
In office
2004–2012
Chairman, The Boston Consulting Group
In office
2012 – Present
Personal details
Born 1952
Varel, Germany
Alma mater University of Bochum
Yale University
University of Oxford

Hans-Paul Bürkner (*1952 in Varel, Germany) is the former President and CEO of The Boston Consulting Group (2004-2012). He is currently Chairman at BCG.[1] He was the first European to be president and CEO of the company.[2]

Career

He began his career in corporate finance at Commerzbank and joined BCG, then predominantly a US consulting firm, in 1981. He was a member of the teams that opened BCG’s Düsseldorf (1982) and Frankfurt (1991) offices. He credited much of his inspiration and business approach to Tom Lewis, a principal at the firm at the time.[3] Before becoming the firm’s first CEO from Europe, he was head of BCG’s global Financial Services practice, the Chair of the Practice Groups and a member of the Executive Committee.

Since his election by BCG’s partners to the office of CEO, under his leadership, BCG has grown from 4,500 employees to more than 15,000 presently. He was re-elected to the office in 2006 and 2009, taking his tenure to December 2012. He has opened twenty new offices around the world and doubled the size of the firm’s partner group.[4]

Bürkner has studied economics, business administration, and Chinese. He has received a diploma from the University of Bochum, an M.A. from Yale University, and a D.Phil. from St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford between 1976 and 1980, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.[5]

Today he is holds offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Frankfurt, Jakarta and Mumbai, and travels extensively among BCG’s 85[6] offices around the world.

Awards and recognitions

Bürkner was recognized as one of the Top 25 Consultants making an impact on clients and within his own firm by Consulting Magazine in 2003.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BCG.com". Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Hans Paul Burkner". EuropeanCEO.com. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hans Paul Burkner". EuropeanCEO.com. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hans Paul Burkner". EuropeanCEO.com. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Donald Markwell, "Instincts to Lead": On Leadership, Peace, and Education, Connor Court: Australia, 2013
  6. ↑ "BCG.com". Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Consultingmag.com". Retrieved 2013-03-06.
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