Boston Consulting Group’s leaders have been confronted with an outpouring of anger and disappointment within their Middle Eastern business after revelations that the firm helped set up an Israeli-backed aid scheme for Gaza and staff modelled plans to relocate Palestinians from the enclave.
One of BCG’s most powerful rainmakers told colleagues he was “ashamed” of what had been revealed, according to a group message seen by the Financial Times, while remarks by chief executive Christoph Schweizer at a meeting in Dubai caused a number of employees to walk out.
The developments, described to the FT by BCG staff and partners, have widened fissures that opened up within the firm after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which has triggered a humanitarian crisis in the enclave.