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As a core member of the Public Sector and Industrial Goods practices, Annika Zawadzki leads Boston Consulting Group’s work in roads and airports, as well as sustainability and climate—all within global infrastructure, transport, and cities (ITC). In addition to ITC, Annika has in-depth experience in defense and security.

Annika works with public sector and industrial goods clients on projects relating to strategy and implementation, institutional build up, and transformation, as well as procurement. She is also an expert for the firm's climate risk, adaptation, and resilience work in the private sector. In addition, she helps clients drive their sustainability and climate as well as their diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda.

Annika is also the Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa lead for Pride@BCG. Annika has been recognized for her work within BCG and beyond. She has been featured for a number of years on the OUTstanding LGBT+ Executives and future leaders list as well as Germany’s Top 100 Out Executives.

Prior to joining BCG, Annika worked as a Senior Project Leader at Roland Berger for eight years.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • Master’s in International Management, CEMS
  • Diplom, economics, University of Cologne

Publications and Videos

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Leading Banks Are Shifting from Assessing Climate Risks to Helping Clients Address Them

By 2030, BCG estimates that companies will spend up to $3 trillion on adaptation and resilience. Banks are uniquely positioned to offer advice and capital.
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Why Investing in Climate Action Makes Good Economic Sense

Leaders’ hesitation to incur the upfront costs of mitigation and adaptation has slowed the collective response to climate change. But what are the economic implications of inaction?
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It’s Time for the US to Invest in Weather Resilience

As the threat posed by extreme weather events grows, all levels of government need to devise and deploy measures that increase adaptation and strengthen resilience.
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The Cost of Climate Inaction Can Spur Collective Action

BCG has quantified the staggering cost of inaction on climate. To avoid worst-case scenarios, the private sector and other stakeholders must ramp up their collaboration.
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A Tech Roadmap for Climate Resilience in Transportation

Organizations that develop and maintain transportation infrastructure can employ a use-case-driven approach to find the optimal tech solutions to support their climate resilience.
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Accelerating the Shift to Sustainable Transport

The transport sector is a major source of global greenhouse gas emissions. Three actions can deliver its decarbonization.
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Adaptation and Resilience Through Land Transport Infrastructure Systems

The time for urgent adaptation and resilience efforts for the world’s land transport infrastructure is now.
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Coming to Grips with Corporate Climate Risk

To mitigate climate risks, companies first need to translate them into quantifiable business impacts. Advanced analytics and artificial intelligence tools can get the job done.
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Make Climate Adaptation a Top Business Priority

Climate change has become one of the greatest sources of strategic corporate risk. Adaptation and resilience should be a central part of leaders’ agendas.
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Deutschlands Verwaltung: Bedingt Zukunftsfähig

Die öffentliche Verwaltung in Deutschland steht in den nächsten Jahren vor einer Vielzahl an Herausforderungen. Die Ergebnisse einer Führungskräftebefragung zeigen: Nur eine knappe Mehrheit hält die eigene Behörde für gut aufgestellt.
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Riding the Rails to Sustainability

Rail is the most sustainable mode of transport. Increasing its share of passengers and freight is critical to achieving net-zero goals.
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Die klimaneutrale Behörde – Wie der Weg dahin gelingen kann

Die öffentliche Hand hat gemäß Bundes-Klimaschutzgesetz eine Vorbildfunktion zu erfüllen. Um das Ziel klimaneutraler Behörden zu erreichen, ist eine Klimatransformation notwendig. Hierzu bedarf es eines strukturierten Ansatzes. So sind u.a. Reduktionsziele und -pfade zu definieren, verbindliche Maßnahmen zur Hinterlegung dieser zu entwickeln sowie Programme zur übergeordneten Koordination der Transformation aufzusetzen. In diesem Thesenpapier werden die Maßnahmen und Umsetzungsschritte, mit denen eine Klimatransformation in Behörden gelingen kann, detailliert erläutert. Darüber hinaus werden die Grundlagen, die Terminologie sowie die Relevanz der Klimatransformation erörtert.