Dean's Speaker Series | Brian Gross, MBA '08 | North America COO of the Boston Consulting Group
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UC Berkeley Haas was not built to teach business as usual. It was built to question it. In a world reshaped by AI, climate change, and global uncertainty, the future belongs to those who move with curiosity and purpose. Those who ask the best questions, think critically, and lead with principles, harnessing technology to build something better. We develop leaders to have exponential impact—through the teams they build, the problems they solve, and the industries they grow. People who turn uncertainty into opportunity and launch ideas that transform business around the globe. From day one, we’ve reimagined what business could be. Inspired by one another. By the brilliance of Berkeley. By the Bay Area’s visionaries, creators, and innovators. We’re moving business forward. Specialties MBA, Executive MBA, Master in Financial Education, PhD, Undergraduate Business
Video Description
Brian Gross oversees Boston Consulting Group’s operations, human resources, and business services teams in the US, Canada, and Mexico. He has risen through the ranks at BCG since joining in 2008, working with a variety of teams, including Consumer, Industrial Goods, Financial Institutions, and Health Care. Brian is an active member of BCG’s Pride Network and a leader in one of the firm’s key strategies, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In a fireside chat discussion, Brian will discuss his career journey in consulting, how he approaches leadership as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and his thoughts on the current state and future of the consulting industry. There will be an audience Q&A session at the end. This talk is co-sponsored by Q@Haas. This talk is part of Coming Out Week. Events during Coming Out Week feature a celebration of LGBTQ+ experiences and identities, and honor space for folks to share their coming out stories with the broader Haas community, welcoming Qs and allies to participate, engage and be present.
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