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Roland Berger Strategy Consultants is a global strategy consulting

Management consulting

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firm headquartered in Munich

Munich

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, with 43 offices in 31 countries. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants was founded in 1967 by Prof. Roland Berger

Roland Berger

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. According to Vault, the firm has established itself among the top three consulting firms in Europe, behind McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...

and The Boston Consulting Group, and among the top five in the global strategy consulting market. In 2009, the company's sales were c. USD 850 m with more than 2,100 employees worldwide. The company is an independent partnership wholly owned by its approx. 200 partners. In July 2011 18 new partners were appointed.

Roland Berger operates as a generalist strategy consultancy and advises the world's leading corporations, non-profit organizations and public institutions on management issues ranging from strategy development to performance improvement. Roland Berger's business is organized into global functional and industry competence centers. Its practice areas include corporate development, marketing and sales, operations strategy, restructuring and corporate finance, and information management. Industry specialties include automotive, consumer goods and retail, energy and chemicals, engineered products and high-tech, financial services, information communications, pharmaceuticals and health care, public services and transportation.

History

Roland Berger

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established the firm in 1967, after four years of working for Boston Consulting Group

Boston Consulting Group

The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with offices in 42 countries. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world. It is one of only three companies to appear in the top 15 of Fortunes "Best Companies to Work For" report for...

. At that time management consulting was a new profession in Germany, and generally centred on cost-cutting; Berger instead focussed on marketing and strategy. Revenues doubled annually for the first three years, reaching DM 5.6 million in 1970. By 1987 the firm became the largest consultancy in Germany, with sales over DM 100 million.

To finance overseas expansion, Berger then allowed Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...

to take a minority stake, rising to 75.1% in 1988. This proved a problem in the US, where the Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank

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did not allow subsidiaries of commercial banks to practise consulting, so the managers bought back Deutsche Bank's shares in 1998 and 2000.

In November 2010 the firm reached an advanced stage in talks to merge with Deloitte's consulting arm, but withdrew after the partners decided instead to invest more of their own resources.

Organization

The organization is based on global Competence Centers along functional and industry lines. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants is known for its expertise in the fields of restructuring and marketing. Furthermore, the consultancy has a focus on the automobile industry and the capital goods sector.

In the USA, the company has established 3 offices in Chicago

Chicago

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, Detroit and New York City

New York City

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. The former San Francisco office was closed in early 2004.

Competitors

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants' major competitors include McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company

, The Boston Consulting Group

Boston Consulting Group

, Bain & Company

Bain & Company

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, Booz & Company

Booz & Company

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and A.T. Kearney

A.T. Kearney

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. The firm also competes with specialist boutiques such as Monitor Group

Monitor Group

Monitor Group is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States and with 27 offices in 26 major cities around the world. It provides strategy consultation services to the senior management of organizations and governments...

, L.E.K. Consulting

L.E.K. Consulting

L.E.K. Consulting is an international strategy consulting firm, with headquarters in London.Started in 1983 by three partners from Bain & Company, James Lawrence, Iain Evans and Richard Koch, L.E.K. has since grown to over 900 consultants and 20 offices worldwide...

, Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman

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, OC&C Strategy Consultants

OC&C Strategy Consultants

OC&C Strategy Consultants is a management consulting firm that provides strategic advice to senior management in large corporations and organisations. It now employs over 450 consultants and has over 60 Partners...

and Simon-Kucher & Partners

Simon-Kucher & Partners

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Americas

Chicago

Detroit

New York

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São Paulo

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Europe and Africa

Amsterdam

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Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

Berlin

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Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

Bucharest

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Budapest

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Casablanca

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Düsseldorf

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Frankfurt

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Gothenburg

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Hamburg

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Helsinki

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Istanbul

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Kiev

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Lisbon

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London

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Madrid

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Milan

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Moscow

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Munich

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

Prague

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Riga

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Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

Stuttgart

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Vienna

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Warsaw

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Zagreb

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Zurich

Zürich

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Middle East

Beirut

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Doha

Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

Dubai

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Manama

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Asia

Beijing

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Tokyo

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Hong Kong

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Kuala Lumpur

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Shanghai

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Singapore

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Projects and initiatives

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants is Official Supplier for the BMW Oracle Racing team

BMW Oracle Racing

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,
a founding member of the Best of European Business

Best of European Business

Best of European Business is an annual competition by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and has been established in 2005.-Idea:The idea of Best of European Business is to award european op-companies and –managers for outstanding economical performances. European entrepreneurs as role models are...

Awards, and sponsor of the Counterparts initiative to support culture and education in Central and Eastern Europe. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants also supports the Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum.

Members of the Executive Committee

Martin C. Wittig
Martin C. Wittig
Martin C. Wittig is the German CEO of the management consultant firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He is the successor of the former CEO Burkhard Schwenker, who is now the chairman of the board. Martin Christof Wittig is married and lives with his wife and his two sons near Zurich .- Life...

- Chief Executive Officer, former CFO
António Bernardo - Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Charles-Edouard Bouée
Charles-Edouard Bouée
Charles-Edouard Bouée is a member of the Executive Committee of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Charles-Edouard Bouée is married and has two children...

- Member of the Executive Committee
Bernd Brunke - Member of the Executive Committee
Ralf Kalmbach - Member of the Executive Committee
Tijo J.G. Collot d'Escury - Member of the Executive Committee

Notable current and former employees

Roland Berger
Roland Berger
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- Entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder of the firm, now Honorary Chairman
Burkhard Schwenker - Chairman
Torsten Oltmanns
Torsten Oltmanns
Torsten Oltmanns is a German author of several books in the topics of marketing and change management. He currently is the Global Marketing Director and a partner at the management consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants....

- Global Marketing Director
Thomas Eichelmann - CFO of Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse
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(German Stock Exchange)
John Furth - President & CEO, Association of Management Consulting Firms
Association of Management Consulting Firms
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Publications

think:act, the brand aggregating the corporate publishing formats of Roland Berger (books, customer magazines, surveys and information brochures)

External links

rolandberger.com, official website
Roland Berger & Partner GmbH, company profile at ReferenceForBusiness.com
website containing information of all publications of Roland Berger, Think: act
Think: act
think: act is a publication title created by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Since 2004, various kinds of publications for international leaders have been collected under the brand think: act...

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