I recently ran a strategic due diligence for a Nordic private equity firm on a division in a major pharmaceutical company. We developed an original view on the growth and stability of the industry. This view was based on a large and unique base of primary research, including expert interviews and customer surveys across countries. We also identified a set of unique growth opportunities which the other potential acquirers had not seen.

Our view enabled the client to get the best financing package and win the auction process in competition with all the major PE firms. It also convinced management that our client was the most credible owner and they invited us to work with them to grow and improve the company.

Having worked for only a short while at BCG, I am amazed by the challenging and exciting tasks I have been exposed to so far. Working with incredibly skilled people at the core of our clients' businesses, I have experienced both tough challenges and a constructive learning environment.

To me BCG has proved to be a seamless and pragmatic environment, focused on the task at hand.

Magnus holds an MS in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, and a bachelor‘s in nautical science from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy.

Magnus joined BCG in January 2008.

Prior to joining the firm, he worked for several years in the Norwegian Navy, the last two years as division commander of a patrol boat squadron.