David Panhans

I am a Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Middle East offices. As Digital Chair I serve BCG’s Management Team in the Middle East and lead BCG's Digital Business as well as our practice area for Technology, Media & Telecommunication in the region. I serve C-Suite clients as a trusted advisor in the private and public sector domain and bring more than 20 years of experience to the table.

Selected project experience: - Led a large-scale turnaround project in Sub-Saharan Africa. Commercial strategy redesign. $150M revenue upside achieved in 14 months - Developed investment strategies in the ICT and Media sectors for a Middle Eastern investment company - Led a business transformation program of a North-African incumbent operator - Developed a Group structure & functional strategies for an incumbent operator in the Middle East

Part of 2 people team on the ground to open Capgemini's telecom consulting practice in Dubai, UAE. Business development and first telco assignments in Middle East: - Review of fixed service launch strategy for Middle Eastern start-up operator - Identified and assessed commercial synergies between subsidiaries for Middle Eastern telco group - Assessed the market potential of Fixed-Mobile Convergence services (FMC) for North African telco

Selected project experience: - Conducted several product development and launch projects for French telco operators - Assessed the commercial potential of peer-to-peer services for an European incumbent operator - Managed product development process, including resource allocation for French mobile operator

Managed content team of 20+ people and was responsible for internet sites of dooyoo.com, including product strategy and coordination of European product development team.

Responsible for tracking overall quality and claims of exported vehicles (Mercedes C, E, S classes), mainly to USA and Japan. Supported Head of Quality Department in developing management dashboards on overall plant performance.

Internationales Marketing, Multikulturelles Management, Finanzwirtschaft

Marketing, Organisation & Unternehmensführung