Jochen Messelink

Partner & Managing Director

Jochen is a Partner in our Swiss office. He joined BCG in 1999 and recently transferred to Switzerland. He has broad international experience and has worked out of BCG's Amsterdam and Los Angeles offices.

Jochen is a core member of BCG's Consumer and Marketing and Sales practices. During his time at BCG, Jochen has worked intensively with leading FMCG, retail, and travel and tourism players on a wide range of topics. Recent focus areas have been go-to-market strategy, organization design, transformation, and capability building. He has also supported multiple cross-border post-merger integrations.

Prior to joining BCG, Jochen owned a company focused on performance management solutions.

Jochen holds a degree in business economics (M.Sc.) from Erasmus University of Rotterdam, where he also studied philosophy (MA), and an MBA from INSEAD.

Ulrik Schulze

Senior Partner & Managing Director

Ulrik leads BCG's Health Care Practice in Switzerland and is a senior member of our global Health Care Practice.
Ulrik has worked intensively with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medtech, chemical and private equity sectors both in the US, Europe and in Asia. He has significant experience in strategic, operational and organizational topics along the full value chain. He has recently focused on sales force, product launch, pricing, research development, outsourcing as well as organizational aspects. His experience in corporate strategy includes acquisitions, integrations, licensing and alignment of strategy with shareholder value creation. He also works with private equity companies .

Prior to joining BCG, Ulrik worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, and earned a PhD in biotechnology with distinction from the Technical University of Denmark.