Managing Director & Senior Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
David Young is a Managing Director & Senior Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and leads BCG's total societal impact and sustainability topic globally. He is a Fellow of the BCG Henderson Institute, working on the role of the corporation in society. Dave works across the Social, Public, and Private sectors in developing strategy and transforming these organizations to achieve greater social impact, at a higher scale, more quickly. He supports companies in optimizing for business and societal value and using the scale of business and capital to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Dave serves as co-chair of the executive board of the UN’s Connecting Business Initiative CBi which activates networks of companies in countries to improve disaster preparedness, resilience, response, and recovery. He is also involved in the WEF’s efforts to catalyze the Humanitarian and Resilience Investment space. Previously Dave served at World Vision International as Global COO with oversight of its field, technical, and administrative functions across the spectrum of humanitarian response, community development, and microfinance.