James P. Andrew

Head of Global Innovation Practice, Senior Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group

Jim Andrew is a Senior Partner and Director of BCG, and is the global leader of BCG’s Innovation Practice. He regularly works closely the executive teams of some of the world’s most innovative companies and leads BCG’s research in this area, including BCG’s annual survey with BusinessWeek on the world’s most innovative companies. His expertise covers all areas of innovation, including developing an innovative culture and set of capabilities, leadership requirements, customer/consumer insight, R&D, new product development, product launch, life-cycle management, and innovation measurement.

Mr. Andrew is the lead author of the highly-acclaimed book Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation (published by Harvard Business School Press), recently named as one of Business Week’s Top 10 Innovation books for the year. He has appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box and CBS Market Watch. He and his work have also been featured in Harvard Business Review, the Economist, the Financial Times, Business Week and many other publications. He is also one of the judges for the annual Chilean National Innovation Awards.

Jim is based in BCG’s Chicago office. Prior to this, he founded and ran BCG’s offices in both Mumbai (Bombay) India and Singapore. He joined the firm in 1986. Jim has an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business, with distinction, and a BS from The University of Illinois, with highest honors.

Outside of BCG, Jim is on the national board of the Alliance for Lupus Research, the leading private funder of Lupus research. He is also a member of the University of Illinois nominating committee for the College of Business International Alumni Award for Achievement.

Articles by Andrew:

	Spurring Innovation Productivity
	Innovation to Cash: Orchestrating the Process
	Measuring Innovation 2007
	Innovation 2007: A BCG Senior Management Survey