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Christine Wurzbacher is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Industrial Goods practice and leads the firm’s Montreal office. She is currently the leader of Women@BCG in Montreal. She has been with the firm since 2004. 

Christine’s work focuses on large transformations often with a digital or data analytics component. She has led several comprehensive transformation programs of industrial goods companies in the manufacturing, engineering services, and mining industries, driving significant change and margin improvement.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, INSEAD — Singapore and France
  • Languages, Cultural and Business Studies Diploma, University of Passau

Publications and Videos

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Four Ways Process Industries Can Break Out of the Talent Trap

Process companies need more talent even as the supply is falling. In addition to rethinking their talent strategies, leaders must revisit their operating models to grow.
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Process Industries Need a New Strategy for a Changing World

As the halcyon days of open markets and easy money wane, producers of metals, cement, chemicals, and other essential industrial imports face a tougher global environment.
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The Economic Impact of Place des Arts

Place des Arts is the largest cultural and artistic complex in Canada. Learn more about the extent of its economic and socio-economic impact in Quebec.
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Canadian Industrial Employers Can Solve Talent Shortages with These Three Actions

Canada’s industrial sector is facing a critical talent shortage. By taking three key steps, employers can improve the lives of their workers and drive bottom line impact.
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Le Canada a un avantage sur le marché des véhicules électriques, s’il agit maintenant

Les grandes tendances en matière de chaînes d’approvisionnement en batteries et la loi sur la réduction de l’inflation représentent une occasion exceptionnelle pour le Canada et les entreprises canadiennes, mais nous devons agir maintenant pour tirer parti de cet avantage.
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Canada Has an EV Edge, If It Acts Now

Trends in battery supply chains coupled with the US’s Inflation Reduction Act present a tremendous opportunity for Canada and Canadian companies, if we act now.
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The Lithium Supply Crunch Doesn’t Have to Stall Electric Cars

Due to shortages of critical materials and vulnerable supply chains, production of lithium-ion batteries could fall far short of demand. Coordinated action is needed to boost supply in a sustainable way and keep the transition to renewable energy on course. 
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Green Hydrogen is a Golden Opportunity for Quebec—If We Act Now

Quebec is ideally situated to be a leader in the green hydrogen market, but we are currently underinvesting. To avoid being locked out, Quebec government and companies need to act now.
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L’hydrogène vert est une occasion en or pour le Québec—si nous agissons maintenant

Québec est idéalement positionné pour être un leader dans le marché mondial de l’hydrogène vert, mais nos investissements ne sont présentement pas à la hauteur de notre potentiel. Le gouvernement et l’industrie doivent agir dès maintenant pour s’assurer de préserver notre position avantageuse à long terme.
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The Trillion Dollar Question: How to Survive and Thrive in Canada’s Post-Vaccine Normal?

With the vaccine rollout underway in Canada, the question now is not whether we will get through the crisis, but what Canada will look like afterwards. How do we ensure a prosperous future for Canadians in the post-vaccine normal? That is the trillion dollar question.
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Four Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Value in Dairy

For dairy companies, it’s still a two-speed world. Success in both mature and emerging markets hinges on end-to-end operational excellence and the right value-creating strategy.