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BCG's Tawfik Hammoud, global leader of the firm's Principal Investors & Private Equity practice, outlines how global investors can gain an edge through customized approaches to sourcing deals, a rigorous playbook on operational improvements, the leveraging of top talent and a wide range of skill sets, and collaboration across the global investment landscape to create opportunities.

Tawfik Hammoud is Boston Consulting Group’s Chief Client Officer and Industry Practices Chair. He serves on the firm’s Global Executive Committee, and is also a member of BCG’s Operating Committee. He was previously the global head of BCG’s Principal Investors & Private Equity practice, which he helped launch in 2015.

Since joining BCG in 2005, Tawfik has worked extensively with clients in Europe, North America, and Asia, helping transform their businesses. He has also worked with private and public institutional investors around the world. Tawfik advises clients on all aspects of business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, operations, and family business and governance. He has also spent a significant amount of time in the broader digital space.

Prior to joining BCG, Tawfik worked in consulting, investment banking, and tech in the US, Canada, and France.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • BA, École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris

Publications and Videos

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In Today’s 5G World, Africa Has an Opportunity To Accelerate

Africa has a unique opportunity in the evolving "5G world" to drive global solutions through renewable energy, agriculture, and leveraging its youthful population.

Private Capital Themes from Davos

Consolidation of industry and going public were two private capital themes coming out of Davos. BCG’s Tawfik Hammoud elaborates and shares why he leaves Davos feeling optimistic.

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Leading Online Shoppers to the Finish Line

BCG and Shopify looked at 1 billion data points across more than 220,000 sites to determine the best ways for sellers to optimize their e-commerce conversion rates.

Key Trends in Private Equity

BCG's Tawfik Hammoud addresses key challenges and opportunities for private equity.

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What AI Reveals About Trust in the World’s Largest Companies

BCG’s AI-based Trust Index enables companies to break down stakeholder perceptions of their trustworthiness. Analyses based on the Index have yielded valuable insights about what builds, sustains, or destroys trust.
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Meeting the Challenges of Deep Tech Investing

Investors and funds are just beginning to master the next financial frontier: breakthrough innovation for issues like climate change, pandemics, and quality of life.
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Private Equity’s Chance to Stand Up for Diversity and Inclusion

Championing inclusiveness at the highest levels of portfolio companies is the right moral choice—and it has practical benefits, too.
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An Investor’s Guide to Blockchain in Fraud and Loss Prevention

The technology has real potential, but it’s no panacea. What to look for when evaluating the immediate and long-term benefits of blockchain-enabled counterfeit protection.
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What Every Investor Needs to Know About Blockchain

Is blockchain a source of gold or just a shiny object? Investor interest is high, but so is uncertainty. Here are some guardrails for assessing this exciting but still emerging technology.
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Infrastructure’s Future Looks a Lot Like Private Equity

And that means owners need to start thinking and acting like private investors.
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Private Equity Is Hot but Not Overheating

Even with capital and competition at all-time highs, growth is possible for PE firms that rethink value creation.
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The Impact of US Tax Reform on Corporate Strategy and M&A

The new US tax law is likely to reshape corporate portfolios, provided buyers and sellers can overcome the new big uncertainty that the regime introduces—its own duration.