Philippe Cornette de Saint Cyr

Managing Director and Senior Partner, Head of BCG Riyadh office, Global Leader Cities, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Tourism at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Saudi Arabia

About

Philippe is a Managing Director and Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group in the Middle East. He leads BCG Cities, Infrastructure Development, Real Estate and Tourism Sector globally. Philippe is also the Office Lead for BCG Riyadh Office. Philippe is specialized in infrastructure, real estate and urban development. He has been supporting more than 25 large scale developments across the Middle East and Africa over the past years. Philippe has 15+ years of experience in consulting, working in Europe, North Africa and Middle East.

Experience

  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (19 yrs 11 mos)
    • Managing Director and Senior Partner - Head of BCG Riyadh
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Managing Director & Partner - Head of BCG Riyadh
      Sep 2019 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Philippe focuses on infrastructure, urban development and real estate. Supporting across the whole lifecycle, from early strategy to construction and operations, investment decisions etc. Recent projects include several greenfield very large scale urban developments in the Middle East. Philippe also supported clients across several types of infrastructure (eg port, industrial developments, etc).

    • Managing Director and Partner
      Jul 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Intern Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers
    Apr 2005 - Jun 2005 · 3 mos

  • Intern at Roland Berger
    Sep 2004 - Mar 2005 · 7 mos

    - Optimization of automotive parts purchases for insurance player - Operational performance improvement for the subsidiary of a major French utility player

  • Sponsoring Assistant at Nestlé Waters
    Jun 2003 - Sep 2003 · 4 mos

    - Support to Nestlé sponsoring actions on the "Tour de France"