Global Management Consultancy Roland Berger Promotes Alexander Baumgartner and Benjamin Lowe to Partner in North America

• Roland Berger, a global management consulting firm, has promoted Alexander Baumgartner and Benjamin Lowe to Partner roles in its North American business.
• The promotions reflect Roland Berger’s rapid growth in North America, as the firm continues to expand across various industry practices, including Automotive, Energy & Utilities, and more.

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Roland Berger, a global management consulting firm celebrating its 25th anniversary in the United States, has promoted two of its North American-based Principals, Alexander Baumgartner and Benjamin Lowe, to the role of Partner, Stephan Keese, Managing Director Roland Berger North America, announced.

Alexander Baumgartner is a Partner in Roland Berger’s Chemicals practice. He joined Roland Berger in 2012 and is a core member of the global chemicals team. He has helped to develop client relationships in North America, Europe, and Asia. He specializes in chemical value chain economics, from upstream commodity chemicals and polymers through downstream specialty chemicals. He works with chemical and financial clients (Private Equity and banks) on strategy and M&A topics across the chemicals industry. Baumgartner earned his BS in Chemistry from Emory University.

Benjamin Lowe is a Partner in Roland Berger’s Energy/Regulated & Infrastructure practice. He joined the firm in 2019 and, in his role, advises utilities, OEMs, and investors on the implications of the energy transition, focusing on current and emerging storage technologies. He has deep knowledge of the electric and gas utility sector and drives renewable energy, energy transition, and energy storage projects for the firm’s clients. Lowe earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics-Political Science from Columbia University.

“We are the fastest growing management consulting firm in the U.S., so I am extremely pleased to welcome Alex and Ben to their new roles as firm partners,” said Keese. “Their rise to partner reflects their personal achievements, leadership abilities, and dedication to producing exceptional work for their clients. We look forward to the impact each of them will make in the firm’s continued growth.”

Roland Berger established its U.S. presence in the late 1990s with the opening of its Detroit office, initially to better support the firm’s global Automotive clients with a North American presence. Since then, the firm has grown exponentially in the US, Canada, and Latin America, with expansion across its industry practices, including Automotive, Materials and Process Industries, Energy & Utilities, Capital Goods, Consumer Goods & Retail, Telecom, Technology and Media, and Transaction and Investor Services.

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About Roland Berger

Roland Berger is one of the world’s leading strategy consultancies with a wide-ranging service portfolio for all relevant industries and business functions. Founded in 1967, Roland Berger is headquartered in Munich. Renowned for its expertise in transformation, innovation across all industries and performance improvement, the consultancy has set itself the goal of embedding sustainability in all its projects. Roland Berger revenues stood at more than 1 billion euros in 2023.

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