Melanie Seier Larsen

 Melanie is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (‘BCG’), a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy.  She is the first Slovene partner and female partner at BCG in Central and Eastern Europe.
Melanie has over 18 years of experience in management consulting with primary industry focus on Consumer products & Retail industry, and People & Organization functional topics in the CEMA & WESA regions. She is leading the BCG Consumer Goods and People practices in CEE.
Melanie is involved in different professional associations. She has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Managers’ Association of Slovenia since 2008 and held the position of the President of Women’s Manager Association at the Managers’ Association of Slovenia from 2014 to 2020. She was also the President of the Slovene IEDC Alumni club from 2013 to April 2020.

Melanie is a recipient of the 2019 Artemida Award presented by Manager’s Association of Slovenia, the highest Slovenian award for women in business. In February 2020, Melanie was also awarded “Exceptional Woman of Excellence” by Women Economic Forum in Ljubljana. In 2012, Melanie was also a recipient of the IEDC Alumni Achievement Award. The Award recognizes outstanding career, leadership, innovation, social achievements of up to five remarkable individuals among IEDC alumni community.

Melanie studied economics and holds an MBA degree of IEDC Bled School of Management.