James Bedford
Consultant @Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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WORK HISTORY
Consultant @Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Boston, MA, US
Co-founded BCG\'s national First-Generation Low-Income background group (Lift@BCG, formerly FGLI@BCG) to reshape consultant recruiting, drive internal affiliation/professional development, and support students and employees from underprivileged backgrounds entering the corporate workspace. Grew from 2 to 25 members in Boston HQ to 450+ members with individual office nodes set up in 10+ BCG offices across US and Canada. Initiated collaboration with Global BCG offices, esp in Europe, to support FGLI resource creation and global socioeconomic-inclusive recruiting practices.Casework summary- Global strategy for COVID-19 therapeutics procurement & distribution to LMICs for a major foundation- Intergovernmental post-COVID19 future pandemic preparedness investment gap analysis, investment vehicle framework creation- Led t-SNE + k-means ML clustering, tagging, prediction, and spend analysis for Fortune 20 retail conglomerate supply chain- Due diligence and market study/competitive analysis for mid-skills edtech firm acquisition- Process redesign, delivery strategy redesign for global economic education wing of a multilateral - Whitepaper research and publication with major telecom on the digital divide and amelioration strategies for education equity during COVID-19 - Renewed growth human capital development strategy for a global educational publisher - Finance, pricing, and enrollment strategy for a higher education institution- Digital transformation strategy for the world-leading business schoolSectors: global health, education, social impact, NGOs/multilaterals, PE due diligenceOther- Supported Future of Work research papers with Bruce Henderson Institute (BCG research wing) on top of casework- Volunteer consulting at SRGE (equity in construction industry)- Represented BCG at national O4U recruiting conference (1 of 2 FTE)- Represented BCG in various recruiting events for Harvard- Boston HQ International staff ambassador for all non-US employees
EDUCATION
Schwarzman Scholars
Master of Management Science, Global Affairs
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
GCSE, 12 Subjects
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
Harvard University
Bachelor’s Degree, Stem Cell Biology (HDRB) & Education
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
International Baccalaureate, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, German, Maths
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES BEDFORD
Grew up in England on an alpaca farm before living on a 44\' sailing yacht for the last 12…
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