Matthias Naumann

Managing Partner Switzerland

Matthias is Managing Partner of  our Swiss office and member of the European Management Team of BCG. He is a core member and active contributor to the global Financial Institutions and Insurance Practice Groups. Outside of financial services he is experienced in the fields of travel and tourism, airlines and pharmaceuticals. Matthias spent over one and a half year in the Sydney office where he worked for leading financial institutions and airlines in Asia Pacific.

With over 12 years of experience Matthias has worked with leading Financial Services players on a broad range of topics, such as strategic positioning and directions as well as evaluating M&A opportunities and PMIs of leading banks and insurance companies.

Matthias holds a Masters degree in Economics from St. Gallen University (HSG) as well as an MBA from RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), New York.

Michael Imholz

Partner & Managing Director

Michael is a Partner in our Swiss office. He is a core member of our Insurance and Financial Institutions Practice Groups and leads our local Organization Practice Group activities. Michael spent over one year in our New York office as part of BCG's international program.

Michael focuses mainly on organization, corporate development, and strategy topics in the Financial Services, in particular Insurance industry in Switzerland as well as in several countries across Europe and in Asia. He works on topics around new group strategies and corporate development options, organizational and demographic challenges, comprehensive performance improvement programs, risk management and ALM concepts, as well as the identification of opportunities in growth markets. Furthermore, he is co-author of "Creating Competitive Advantage - The European Insurance Landscape".

Michael holds a Masters degree with focus on Finance and Accounting from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

Thomas Luippold

Senior Partner & Managing Director

Thomas is a Senior Partner in our Swiss office. He heads our relationship with several leading financial services companies in Switzerland and Europe. Thomas has led the local Financial Services practice for many years. In particular, he has a very broad and deep expertise in the insurance industry. He is also the author of different insurance landscape reports and studies and is co-author of " Creating Competitive Advantage -The European Insurance Landscape". Thomas' project experience covers a broad range of topics, incl. strategy, corporate development, value management, growth and sales effectiveness, operational excellence, process and cost optimization as well as restructuring.

Prior to joining BCG, Thomas worked for UBS in the area of Structured and Leveraged Finance in Zurich and New York. He holds a bank education from Deutsche Bank.

Thomas studied Business Administration at the Universities of Munich and St. Gallen and holds a PhD in Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG). In addition Thomas teaches Strategic Management as a professor at the University of Trier in Germany.

Elmar Wiederin

Senior Partner & Chairman

Elmar is a Senior Partner and Chairman of our Swiss office. He joined BCG in 1983 in Munich and moved to Zurich in 1989. The focus of his expertise is supporting large multinationals with their Strategy and Corporate Development. Elmar leads our Consumer Goods Practice and gained extensive expertise in our Financial Institutions and Insurance Practices.

Elmar has worked across a range of industries assisting senior management with the definition of strategic direction and coaching the implementation of transformational changes; defining entry strategies into new markets, businesses or technologies including target acquisition, due diligence and negotiation support; managing post-merger-integration programs for large international companies; developing value creation roadmaps, investor strategies and external communication; assessing core capabilities and cultural fit.

Elmar holds a PhD in Socioeconomics from the University of Innsbruck and an MBA from INSEAD.

Pia Tischhauser

Partner & Managing Director

Pia is a Partner in our Swiss office. She is a core member of BCG's global Insurance Practice Group and leads our local Insurance Practice Group activities. She was working for over one year out of the Chicago office for our American based clients.

Pia has served several Financial Services clients – in particular insurance and reinsurance companies – in the US and Europe incl. Eastern Europe. Her experience includes market sizing and base lining, cost reduction projects, risk and performance management, M&A portfolio reviews, PMI/divestiture projects for insurance and industrial investors. Furthermore, she has lead project teams on claims reviews, customer segmentation, investment and run-off strategy, client retention, and loyalty improvement programs.

Prior to joining BCG, Pia was working as Financial Analyst in Investment Banking and as Research Assistant. Pia holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Berne and was a graduate scholar at J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, US.

Christian Schmid

Partner & Managing Director

Christian is a Partner in our Swiss office. He is a core member and an active contributor to our Global Financial Institutions and Insurance Practice Groups. Outside of Financial Services he is experienced in the fields of Information Technology, Health Care and Industrial Goods. Christian spent several years working in BCG's London, Chicago, Vienna and Eastern European offices.

With over 12 years of experience, Christian worked with leading Financial Services and Health Care players on a broad range of topics, such as strategic repositioning, corporate finance, M&A, post-merger integration, corporate restructuring, shared services, IT and sales force effectiveness.

Prior to joining BCG, Christian worked at IBM Switzerland as a key account manager for several industrial goods corporations.

Christian holds a Masters degree in Land Surveying from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).