Yohei Takabe
Managing Director & Senior Partner; Global Leader, Insurance Practice
Tokyo
Yohei Takabe is the global leader of Boston Consulting Group's Insurance practice. He joined BCG in 2005 and has focused his work on leveraging technology to develop competitive advantage for his clients. He has acquired deep experience in digital- and IT-related topics across a range of industries with a particular focus on insurance and financial services. His recent experience includes digital transformation, digital marketing, multichannel strategy, strategies leveraging AI, and big data.
Yohei led the establishment of DigitalBCG (now BCG X) and has been involved in numerous projects since then as one of its leaders. He is also a core member of the Tech and Digital Advantage; Financial Institutions; and Technology, Media & Telecommunications practices.
Prior to joining BCG, Yohei was a consultant with IBM Business Consulting Services (formerly PriceWaterhouseCoopers).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
EDUCATION
- BA, environment and information, Keio University
Publications and Videos
Overcoming Misunderstandings About Agile | BCG
BCG’s Insurance Global Leader, Pia Tischhauser, is in Japan to find out more about the Japanese approach to agile transformation with Yohei Takabe, BCG’s APAC Insurance Leader. Yohei explains that now that many Japanese insurers are under pressure to make decisions quickly, they are focusing on picking up agile. Yohei highlights a few misunderstandings that these insurers have about agile and describes what can be achieved when agile is correctly implemented. Filmed as part of the Pia Tischhauser on the Road series.
