about

Michael Hu is managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), serving as a core member of the Consumer and Operations practices. Michael’s focus for the last 15 years has been working with CPG and retailers in the areas of digital supply chain and operations, supply chain innovation, and eCommerce fulfillment to enable growth and improve margins.

Example of Michael’s recent experiences include:

  • Collaborating with a top quick serve restaurant on digital supply chain transformation to improve operator experience and unlock capacity
  • Advised a micro-fulfillment automation company on its future growth strategy
  • Worked with a leading beverage manufacturer on digital S&OE planning to drive service level and revenue growth
  • Helped US gaming retailer accelerate E-Commerce value creation (from front of funnel to fulfillment and customer care operations)
  • Worked with a large CPG to drive end-to-end supply chain and procurement cost optimization

Before joining BCG, Michael was a partner at A.T. Kearney. He also spent a few years early in his career designing Big Data analytics for genomics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School).

In addition to his client work, Michael is also passionate about intellectual capital and thought leadership. He has written and presented at various venues such as The World Economic Forum and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Michael has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, an MMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

In his spare time, Michael enjoys global travel, history, cuisine, photography (see flickr travel shots) and book collecting.

Michael Hu.