I’m an excellent example of just how much BCG really focuses on diversity. I’m a physician with a career in researching cancer genetics—and I’m building a career in management consulting at BCG.
 
Since I’ve joined, I’ve had the chance to improve efficiency at hospitals in Southern Europe, support a wide variety of investors in evaluating the health care space in the Nordic countries, as well as work in all segments of the pharmaceutical value chain in the United States and Europe. To round off my experience, I’ve also completed projects in the industrial goods, energy, and high-tech industries.

I received a lot of support from a more senior physician at BCG in making the transition from academia to business. Surprisingly, the analytical part was quite easy. The hard thing for me was communication: describing the insights from the analysis to people not intimate with every detail. Having learned that skill I feel I'm much more effective in all parts of business life.