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Alison Sander    

Director, Boston Consulting Group's Center for Sensing & Mining the Future

Alison Sander is the Director of BCG's Center for Sensing & Mining the Future, which tracks more than 100 megatrends that cut across the latest technological developments, demographic shifts, economic requirements, and consumer shifts—and helps clients find the next areas of growth. She has supported the center since 2005; from 1997 to 2005 she served as a globalization topic advisor to BCG. She brings more than 20 years of experience working with senior management teams on complex global issues.

Sander has designed significant growth strategies for clients across many sectors and has used megatrends to help clients set their long-term visions and find the next billion dollars of revenue.

Prior to joining BCG, Sander served as president of Cambridge Transnational Associates, Inc. (CTA), a global consulting firm that provides comprehensive advice to companies and institutions expanding across borders. She also worked for two years in global and private finance at Goldman Sachs & Co.

Sander has worked in or traveled to more than 93 countries. She was included in the June 2001 edition of the Harvard Business Review and co-authored a study on the impact of the Asian crisis for the World Economic Forum and Harvard Institute for International Development. She is a frequent speaker on global trends at events such as Harvard Business School presentations, the Consumer Electronics Show, and Robobusiness.

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