Bernard Birchler is a Partner at Bain & Company, based in the Paris office. He is a member of the Industrial Goods and Services practice and the Performance Improvement practice.

With more than 25 years of experience in strategy consulting for industry executives, Bernard Birchler is a recognized expert in the manufacturing industry. He has accompanied many leaders of large groups in leading major transformations and performance improvement programs in their operations: R&D efficiency, purchasing, supply chain, manufacturing and product cost reduction.

Bernard Birchler is a specialist in the following industries: Aerospace & Defense, Rail, Transportation & Logistics, Automotive and Consumer Goods.

Bernard Birchler is an engineer, graduated from ENSEM and IAE Paris. He started his career in consulting in 1985 before creating his own firm (2002-2008) and then headed the “operations performance” competency cluster of an international consulting firm (2008-2016) before joining Bain & Company in 2016.