CIS Leadership Team

Jan Dirk joined BCG's Munich office in 1996. From 2001 to 2004, he was based in Prague and worked in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. From 2004 to 2009, Jan Dirk was based in Amsterdam.  Since 2009 he is based in Moscow and is head of BCG CIS.

Jan Dirk's primary focus is on working in asset intensive industries. He has deep expertise in (petro)chemicals and has done many projects in energy (power sector), both in strategy as well as operations. He has extended the work for industrial clients into logistics and transportation, working for ports, postal operators and airlines in CIS and Western-Europe. He has also developed deep expertise in operational improvement projects for telecom operators and ICT companies.

Prior to joining BCG, he worked for Hunter Douglas (a Dutch multinational active in aluminum window covering and building products) in CEE and was based in Prague from 1994 to 1996 as Country Manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Jan Dirk studied business administration at Nyenrode University in the Netherlands. He speaks multiple languages including Russian.

Vladislav Boutenko joined BCG in 1999 and has worked out of the firm's Paris, San Francisco, and Moscow offices. He is the co-leader of the firm's Intellectual Property topic and leads our local Technology, Media, and Telecommunications practice group.

Prior to joining the firm, Vladislav worked at General Electric Healthcare, introducing digital technologies in medical diagnostic devices. As one of GE's first certified Six Sigma Black Belts, he co-developed the Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology for effective innovation and has 10 US and European patents to his name.

Vladislav holds summa cum laude degrees in optoelectronics from the Moscow Institute of Radio-engineering and in digital processing from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, where he was a French government scholar.

Alexander Ulanov is Kiev Office Director. His key areas of expertise include operations (cost efficiency, lean, supply chain), crisis management and turnarounds, and organization redesign. He works across all major industries in Ukraine and CIS, including healthcare, media, metals and mining, oil and gas and power and public sector (city and regional strategies).
 
Alex joined BCG's New York office in 1999 as a Consultant and until 2004 worked on various projects in the US, Latin America, and Europe. In 2004, he left BCG and, together with his business partners, started a private equity fund in Latin America focused on transportation and logistics. In 2006, Alexander resumed his career at BCG and in 2008 became a member of the BCG leadership team in CIS and the director of BCG Kiev.
 
Alexander holds a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Princeton University and did graduate work at Yale University, where he also served on the faculty.

Ewald Kreid leads the Automotive, Industrial Goods, and Health Care practice groups at BCG CIS. He helps Russian and international clients to succeed in the Russian market by advising them on a range of strategic, operational, and organizational issues.

Ewald joined BCG's Zurich office in 1998 and transferred to the Moscow office at the end of 2006.

Ewald holds a master's degree in business administration from the Vienna University of Economics, a Master of Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and a Master of Entrepreneurship degree from HEC School of Management, Paris.

Andrej Timofeev is a Partner and Managing Director in the Moscow office of The Boston Consulting Group. He is a core member of the IG and Energy practice groups.

Andrej has over 14 years of management consulting experience, managing client projects in the transportation and equipment manufacturing industries. His consulting assignments have focused on CEO-level strategy and economics for a wide variety of companies, including railroads, trucking, equipment manufacturers, and private equity firms.

Art Uprety is a Partner and Managing Director in the Moscow office of The Boston Consulting Group. He has more than 10 years of experience in consulting clients in the power, oil and gas, and petrochemical industries on strategic and operational issues. Art has worked extensively with leading energy companies in Russia, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia and is currently responsible for BCG's efforts in the power industry in Russia and Ukraine.

Art has an MBA degree from IMD, Switzerland, and a master's degree in power engineering (with honors) from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute.

Roman Deniskin joined BCG in 2011. He works in the metals and mining and the oil and gas industries on a variety of topics ranging from strategy development and execution to operational improvement programs.

Prior to BCG, Roman was CEO of Severstal Resources, a mining arm of Severstal. He also served as an advisor to the president and controlling shareholder of MMK, a leading Russian steel company.

Roman holds an MA in economics from the University of Michigan and a master's degree with honors from the Moscow State University.

Nick Gardiner joined BCG in 1999 and transferred to the Moscow office in the summer of 2006. He has worked extensively in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Turkey. He is a member of BCG CIS's Financial Institutions and Corporate Development practice areas.

Nick works on a range of topics, covering all major business lines (retail banking, corporate and investment banking, asset/wealth management), and functional topics such as value management, operations, and organization.

Outside of BCG, Nick's professional experience includes corporate restructuring at EMI Music Group and political/security risk consulting for Merchant International Group.

Nick holds an MBA degree with distinction from INSEAD. He also earned an MSc in international politics at the School of Oriental & African Studies and an MA/BA in social and political science at the University of Cambridge.