Tom von Oertzen

Tom von Oertzen is a Senior Partner in the Sydney office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He leads BCG’s Travel and Tourism Practice in the Asia Pacific region and the local Organisation practice.

Tom has advised business leaders in Australia, Asia, Europe and the US in the aviation, aerospace, tourism, transport, telecommunication and paper industries on a wide range of topics including:

• Group and portfolio strategy (including market entry)
• Mergers and acquisition (including post merger integration)
• New business/operating model design and launch
• Business transformation, turnaround and operational improvement
• Organisation design, change management and cultural change.

Tom also co-ordinates BCG’s relationship (now in its tenth year) with indigenous leaders in Cape York and the East Kimberley region as well as Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships (IEP). Over 65 BCG staff have worked on issues ranging from business start ups, education, health reform and the far reaching welfare reform agenda, giving them first hand experience dealing with these challenging issues.

Before joining BCG in 1995 Tom was the marketing manager for special events at BMW in Germany and Australia. He was also the founder and managing director of his own business in Melbourne.

Tom has a Bachelor of commerce from the University of Munich and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) in Sydney.