- Bruce Henderson
Bruce D. Henderson (1915-1992) was the founder of the Boston Consulting Group. He founded it in 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally called the Management and Consulting Division of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, what became BCG was itself a subsidiary of The Boston Company. A former Bible salesman for Southwest Publishing (which his father owned for 50 years), …
- Jim Whitehurst
Jim Whitehurst is Chief Operating Officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc. He is responsible for Operations, Customer Service, Network and Revenue Management, Corporate Strategy and Marketing. Mr. Whitehurst has most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Network and Planning Officer. Prior to joining Delta in 2002, Mr. Whitehurst served as Vice President and Director of The Boston Consulting Group and held various leadership roles in their Chicago, Hong Kong, …
- Hans Wijers
Gerardus Johannes (Hans) Wijers (born 1951-01-11) is the current CEO of Akzo Nobel. From 1994 until 1998 he was a minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands. Wijers studied Economy at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, where he graduated in 1976. As assistant professor, he taught Economy at the Erasmus University, and received a doctorate for his research in industrial politics.
- Christopher Bassford
Christopher Bassford (born 1953) is an American military historian. He completed a Ph.D. in modern European history at Purdue University and became director of studies in the theory and nature of war at the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Command and Staff College (where he remains an adjunct professor), then associate professor of National Policy Issues at the U.S. Army War College. He is presently Professor of Strategy at the National War College, in Washington, …
- Bill Bain
Bill Bain is a management consultant, known for his role as one of the founders of the management consultancy that bears his name, Bain & Company. Prior to founding Bain & Company, Bill Bain was a Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He founded Bain & Company in 1973, along with 6 other former partners of BCG.
- Bob Kagle
With over 20 years of venture capital investment experience, Bob is a veteran of the venture industry. Prior to Benchmark, Bob spent 12 years as a General Partner with Technology Venture Investors. Before TVI, Bob worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he focused on issues of corporate strategy in industries ranging from retail distribution to high technology manufacturing.
- Ahmed Fahour
Ahmed Fahour, 40, an Australian of Lebanese descent, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian operations of the National Australia Bank (NAB). The eldest son & child of immigrant Muslim Lebanese parents, he studied at St Joseph's College in North Fitzroy, and later attended Redden College in Preston (now called Samaritan Catholic College). After high school, he attended Latrobe University in Melbourne from 1984.
- Liu Chuanzhi
Liǔ Chuánzhì (April 29, 1944 —) is a Chinese businessman. Liu was head founder of the large computer international company Lenovo. Liu founded Lenovo (whose English name was originally Legend, in Chinese 联想 "Lianxiang"), in 1984 with a group of ten other engineers in Beijing with 200,000 yuan. The listed holding company was incorporated in 1988 in Hong Kong. He attended the People's Liberation Army Institute of Telecommunication Engineering, …
- Jeffrey Hunker
Jeffrey Hunker is Professor of Technology and Public Policy in the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his bachelors degree from Harvard and PhD from Harvard Business School and joined the Boston Consulting Group. He later became and advisor in the Department of Commerce and the founding director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office. This led him to serve on the National Security Council as the Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure.
- Stefan Quandt
Stefan Quandt (born 9 May 1966) is a German engineer and industrialist. He is also a billionaire and was ranked in as 96th richest person in the world in the Forbes list of billionaires, who put his personal wealth at $7.6 billion He was born in Bad Homburg to Herbert Quandt and Johanna Quandt. He attended the Technical University of Karlsruhe where he studied engineering from 1987 to 1993. From 1993-1994, he worked for the Boston Consulting Group in Munich.
- Michael R. Eisenson
Prior to co-founding Charlesbank in 1998, Michael was the president of Harvard Private Capital Group, the firm's predecessor. He began his tenure at Harvard Management Company in 1986 as managing director. Before joining Harvard Management, Michael was with The Boston Consulting Group, a corporate-strategy consulting firm. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Williams College, with a BA in economics, and holds JD and MBA degrees from Yale University.
- Gerald Corbett
Gerald Corbett has been Non-Executive Chairman of the Company since 24 November 2005. He chairs the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. Gerald is also Chairman of SSL International plc and Moneysupermarket.com Group Limited and is a Non-Executive Director of Greencore Group plc based in Dublin.
- Alan Tripp
Alan Harvey Tripp (born 1 August1962) is an American entrepreneur who has successfully founded several private education companies, including SCORE! Educational Centers and InsideTrack. Tripp received a bachelors in Economics in 1985 and an MBA in 1989, both from Stanford University. Tripp was a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and worked as an analyst for H&Q Technology Partners.
- David Soskin
David Soskin is an entrepreneur who led the buy-out team in 2000 which bought the pioneering Internet flight price and comparison site Cheapflights from its founder, travel editor and author John Hatt. Soskin had previously been successful in setting up Asquith Court Schools Group in 1989 which became the UK’s leading chain of privately—owned nursery schools. He remained as a director until 2001 when the company was sold to West Private Equity.
- Gary M. Reiner
Biography: Gary M. Reiner is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of GE, a position he has held since 1996. Reiner joined GE in 1991 as Vice President-Corporate Business Development where he was responsible for evaluating new business ideas and acquisitions, strategic planning, company-wide sourcing and driving best practices throughout the business.
- Rob Ketterson
Robert Clayton Ketterson is the Managing Partner of Fidelity Ventures, a leading venture capital organization. It is the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments, focusing on go-to-market stage investments and managing $1.5B in assets. Prior to joining Fidelity Ventures in 1993, he was a manager in the high tech practice of the Boston Consulting Group.
- Clayton M. Christensen
Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups. His research and teaching interests center on the management issues related to the development and commercialization of technological and business model innovation.
- Adrian Sexton
Adrian Sexton, EVP of Digital, Participant Productions Adrian Sexton is Executive Vice President in charge of Digital at Participant Productions. Reporting to CEO Jim Berk, Sexton oversees Participant’s expansion into global media, the production of new programs and digital distribution. Sexton will also lead new digital initiative partnerships and strategic acquisitions. Prior, Adrian was a founding member of TAG Strategic.
- Jim Daranijo
Jim Daranijo is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Consultant of BCG consulting UK a London based multi-business consultancy (not to be confused with Boston Consulting Group). Jim Daranijo holds a PGDiploma in Management Finance from Greenwich School of Management London and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Strategic Management from the University of Hull England.
- Alan G Spoon
- George Hu
George Hu Chief Marketing Officer As chief marketing officer at salesforce.com, Hu leads the global marketing organization, which includes corporate marketing, product marketing, and product management. He is responsible for the company's messaging and applications product strategy, and is a member of the company's executive committee reporting directly to salesforce.com Chairman & CEO Marc Benioff .
- Sachin Maheshwari
SACHIN MAHESHWARI | Senior Associate sachin@opuscapital.com As a senior associate for Opus Capital, Sachin Maheshwari works with the investment team on sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. Sachin brings both engineering and business expertise to Opus. He has worked as a software engineer for both EFI, Inc., and for Unimobile, an enterprise wireless startup acquired by EFI.
- Laura Thomson
Laura Thomson is a Senior Software Engineer at Mozilla Corporation. She was formerly a Principal at OmniTI, a consultancy specializing in scalable internet systems design and development. Laura is from Australia and has more than ten years experience in web development, IT consulting, and research. She is the co-author of the best-selling "PHP and MySQL Web Development" (Sams Publishing) and "MySQL Tutorial" (MySQL Press), and has spoken at many conferences worldwide.
- Rob Kuhling
Rob Kuhling - ONSET Ventures, General Partner Rob Kuhling joined ONSET Ventures in 1987 after experience in a variety of technology marketing, strategic development and management positions. Rob was Director of Marketing at Sun Microsystems, where he spearheaded the company's expansion into the design automation marketplace.
- Espen Sjøvoll
- Harry Weller
HARRY WELLER joined NEA in 2002 as a Partner. He specializes in information technology companies with special interest in next generation systems, applications and infrastructure companies. Present board memberships include Availink, Informance, SourceFire and Vonage. Harry co-led NEA’s investments in Hillcrest, Innerworkings and Pentaho. Prior to joining NEA, Harry was a Partner at FBR Technology Venture Partners where he worked with several successful start-up teams.
- Jennifer Li Shen
Jennifer Li Shen , Senior Associate Jennifer Li Shen brings a unique combination of expertise in business strategy and organizational change with experience in nonprofit, private foundation and for profit arenas to realize her passion for social entrepreneurship and innovation. She is a partner and co-founder of Blue Garnet Associates, a business strategy consulting firm working to create lasting social change.
- Chandler Arnold
Chandler Arnold Executive Director, First Book Marketplace
- Arvind Rajan
Arvind Rajan , Chairman The Chairman of Grassroots Enterprise, Arvind previously served as the firm's President and CEO. During that time, he successfully implemented pioneering online and offline grassroots and public affairs strategies for Fortune 100 corporations, trade associations and nonprofit organizations. But we also think Arvind inspired Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard to pen the lyrics to ZZ Tops "Sharp Dressed Man."
- Sean L. Cunningham
Sean L. Cunningham Vice President Sean Cunningham joined GTCR in 2001 and became a vice president in 2005. He was previously a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and has worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at J.P. Morgan. Mr. Cunningham holds AB and BE degrees in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Stefano M. Bacci
Stefano M. Bacci joined Palamon Capital Partners in May 2000 and became a Partner in January 2002. He is an Italian national fluent in English and German with a working knowledge of French. Prior to joining Palamon, Dr Bacci spent ten years as a strategic management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and in international marketing management at Ciba-Geigy, Ltd. Dr Bacci graduated with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
- Ian Cheshire
Ian Cheshire (Chair) Chief Executive B&Q Plc Kingfisher Plc
- James Cham
- David A. Galloway
David A. Galloway Chairman, BMO Financial Group David Galloway was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Montreal effective May 1, 2004. Mr. Galloway is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation, a position he held from 1988 to 2002. He joined Torstar in 1981 and became President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlequin worldwide in 1982.
- Tammee Thompson
Thompson most recently served as Rail Services' Intermodal Business Segment Leader with GE Equipment Services, where she was instrumental in providing strong leadership in an extremely challenging environment. Prior to that, she was the Manager, Business Development for GE Power Systems (now GE Energy) from 2001-2003. She also worked as Manager of the Corporate Initiatives Group from 1999-2001.
- Philip Latham
Mr Philip Latham Founding Chairperson Mr Philip Latham is the Managing Director of Sydney Private Equity business RMB Ventures. He is a Director of several company boards as well as a Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Chairman of the Australian Chamber Orchestra Foundation. He started his career as an engineer, has founded a number of businesses and was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. www.rmbcapital.com.au
- Bill Drehkoff
Bill Drehkoff Vice President billd@edgewaterfunds.com Bill Drehkoff is a Vice President with Edgewater Growth Capital Partners. Prior to joining Edgewater, Bill was a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group in Chicago, where he advised clients on a variety of strategic issues. At BCG, Bill worked with a number of different firms and focused on industrial sectors.
- Susan Drumm
Susan works with executives and their teams to articulate and focus on their creative goals for their organization and for themselves, helping them discover more fulfilling paths to achieve their aspirations. As a consultant with The Trium Group, Susan has developed and facilitated large-scale leadership development programs for senior executives with Fortune 500 clients.
- Maha Ibrahim
Maha Ibrahim joined Canaan's Menlo Park office in March 2000 and focuses on Internet, networking and wireless investments. She is also an active speaker at wireless industry conferences. At Canaan, Maha helped to negotiate and manage a partnership between Tacit Networks and Brocade, and established Canaan as the first investor in Blue Frog Mobile, one of the largest US-based direct-to-consumer mobile content companies.
- Tom Rosch
Tom Rosch focuses on wireless & mobility, digital media & internet, datacenter infrastructure and semiconductors. Representative investments include Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex), Juniper Networks, Signio (acquired by VeriSign), Sentient Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), eStamp, and Accept.com (acquired by Amazon.com). Rosch is currently on the boards of Open-Silicon, SiliconOptix, Platform Solutions and Quantance. He also led InterWest's investment in Staccato Communications.