Perry Keenan
Perry is a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Senior Partner, Fellow Emeritus and a member of the Global Leadership Team for BCG’s People and Organization Practice. He founded and led BCG’s Change Management topic for 11 years, and now leads BCG’s collaboration with the Project Management Institute (PMI). He joined The Boston Consulting Group in 1988 as an associate in our Auckland office. After spending extensive time working in the BCG Asia system Perry returned to BCG Auckland for a six-year term leading that office before transferring to Chicago in 2006. He has deep expertise in change management, enterprise program management, business strategy and transformation. He has worked extensively in the North American, Asia Pacific and European/Middle East Regions.
Perry has a BSc in mathematics and a ME in mechanical engineering from the University of Auckland, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development. Additionally, he is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Prior to joining BCG Perry worked as a manufacturing engineer. His publications include several important articles with the Project Management Institute and Harvard Business Review including “Strategic Initiative Management – The PMO Imperative”, “Executive Sponsor Engagement”, “The Hard Side Of Change Management” and “Lead Change Successfully”. He is a contributing author to HBR’s “Ten Must reads on Change Management” series.