Patrick Hayden

Chief Strategy Officer & Deputy CEO, Save the Children International

Geneva, Switzerland

About

Former partner in BCG's Public Sector Practice with a strong track record as a trusted advisor to governments and not-for-profit organisations and as a leader of large-scale transformations. I have experience leading projects in the public sector in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, United Kingdom, the Middle East and Ethiopia. Before joining BCG, I served as a trial lawyer in the Office of the Prosecutor at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

Experience

  • Board Member at Centre for Public Impact
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy CEO at Save the Children International
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (11 yrs 11 mos)
    • Partner
      Aug 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Partner in Australia's Public Sector, Strategy and People & Organisation practices, working with governments across Australia. Member of Asia-Pacific Social Impact Leadership Team (Regional Humanitarian Topic Lead). Regional leader on development topics and lead Partner for BCG's relationship with Asian Development Bank.

    • Global Practice Management Director, Public Sector
      Apr 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff for BCG's global Public Sector Practice covering 40+ countries and multiple sectors (Health, Education, Defense, Infrastructure, Global Development, Digital). Leader of internal organisation of 35+ professionals across strategy, risk, operations, marketing and the global Public Sector Knowledge team.

    • Principal
      Nov 2015 - Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Led projects for our clients in the public sector and consumer goods industry in Australia, the United States, Canada, UK and the Middle East. Project experience includes working on several major justice reform programs (including courts reform); leading long-term transformations in the public sector and for retail clients; pricing strategy; and procurement in supply chain, operations and construction.

  • Senior Director (International Consultant) at Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
    Mar 2014 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Project lead for the Rural Financial Services (RFS) program, working with the Ministry of Agriculture, the central bank and Ethiopian financial institutions to address severe lack of access to financial services in Ethiopia's rural areas. Provided management coaching and strategy development across seven program teams (markets, extension, irrigation, seed, soil fertility, research, cooperatives) focused on addressing systemic issues in Ethiopia's agricultural sector.

  • Lawyer at United Nations
    2006 - Aug 2011 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Lawyer in the Trial Division of the Office of the Prosecutor.