The Boston Consulting Group strengthens UAE team with the election of new partners

Along with Bradtke and Manetti, 40 BCG consultants at the company's 66 offices worldwide were recently named new partners.

Dr. Kamel Maamria, BCG Partner and telecommunications specialist based in Dubai, commented on the high importance of BCG's Middle East operations playing a strategic role in the region through offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

"While our global capabilities cover a broad spectrum of industries, here we focus on banking and financial services, telecommunications, energy, government and heavy industry. Through our team of highly experienced consultants, we help our clients overcome important challenges in organizational structure, business strategy and operational performance. The election of Bradtke and Manetti as partners, both of whom are experts in their respective fields, will further strengthen our operations in the region,"

he said.

Forty one year old Bradtke joined BCG in 1993 and has worked in Munich, Bangkok, and Boston before moving to Dubai in 2005 to help develop BCG's presence in the Middle East. Globalization has shaped both his career and his private life. He studied business management in Stuttgart, after which he worked for an automotive manufacturer in Germany and Japan and also obtained an MBA from Harvard. A world traveller, he started pushing the topic of globalization at BCG early, and is a co-founder of the BCG Global Advantage expert group.

Today he concentrates primarily on the region of his new home in the Gulf, where he advises conglomerates, industrial companies, and investment firms on growth and strategic reorientation. He also supports macroeconomic development projects.

For the 40 year old Italian Martin Manetti, who serves clients from the oil and gas industry, the chief attraction for this region was its vast natural resources. His specializations are corporate development, portfolio strategy, reorganization and capabilities improvement, sourcing and new business launches for both private and government-owned companies.

After studying engineering in Milan, he completed MBA at the University of Wisconsin in the U.S. and worked for a number of years at an international high-tech company. Afterwards, he joined a major management consulting company, where he acquired wide-ranging experience in the energy sector. In 2001 he joined BCG's office in Milan, transferring to Abu Dhabi in 2007.

BCG, which established its office in the Gulf in 2007, is owned by about 500 partners worldwide. With its 3,300 consultants around the world, the global management consulting firm earned revenues of $1.8b in 2006.