Karsten Pedersen, Industry Leader

USA, Boston - 04 October 2010:

Arthur D. Little (ADL), the leading Global Management Consultancy, linking Strategy, Innovation and Technology is pleased to announce that Karsten Pedersen has joined Arthur D. Little as the firm’s Director of Operations Management with a focus on the Americas marketplace.  Karsten Pedersen has over 20 years of experience in international strategy consulting and operations management from leading global operating organizations.  His professional focus spans the corporate value chain from customer management to supply chain optimization to working capital management.  He has extensive experience in the mobilization and execution of large scale performance improvement programs with short-term impact on cost, quality, and productivity.

Karsten Pedersen joined Arthur D. Little in the early nineties where he was an award winning Senior Manager leading restructuring and large scale operational excellence programs for Fortune 500 corporations in the automotive, consumer goods, paper packaging and telecom industries.  He left the firm in 1999 and went on to become North American President of Metro International, a publisher of free daily newspapers with more than 17 million readers throughout the world.  Prior to returning to Arthur D. Little in 2010,      Mr. Pedersen held senior executive positions in the consulting and venture management industry in the United States. 

“Karsten has a history of success in re-engineering companies and repositioning them for growth and operations excellence,” as stated by John Brennan, President and Managing Director of Arthur D. Little Americas.  “His notable experience with some of the world’s leading organizations and his proven ability to deliver results will support our client’s accomplishments.  We are delighted to welcome Karsten to Arthur D. Little’s team in the Americas.”

According to Karsten Pedersen, “I am thrilled to be leading the Americas Operations Management Practice.  As clients seek new ways to improve their market positions, they are looking for innovative operations management solutions and approaches to achieve operational excellence.  Arthur D. Little’s unique blend of best practices knowledge, analytical rigor and proven methodologies enables our clients to transform into high-performing businesses.”

Karsten holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark and a Graduate Degree in Business Administration from the Copenhagen Business School.  He has joined the Americas Team and will be located in our Boston office.  

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Founded in 1886, Arthur D. Little was the world’s first professional management consulting firm. Arthur D. Little is a global leader in management consultancy, linking strategy, innovation and technology with deep industry knowledge. These last years, Arthur D. Little developed partnerships with more than 70% of Fortune 100 companies. Its teams conceive and implement sustainable, innovative and operational solutions. Arthur D Little is present in over 20 countries with more than 1000 consultants. With its partners Altran Technologies, the firm has access to a network of over 17.000 professionals.

Further information

Diana Bolick
Director of Americas Marketing & Business Development
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Email:  bolick.diana(at)adlittle.com
Phone:  617-532-9513