
Bio
Marc- André Kamel is a senior partner at Bain & Company and the managing partner of the Paris office. He is also the Chairman of the firm's global Retail practice and a leading member of Bain ’s Strategy and Transformation practice. Marc-André has more than 35 years of management consulting experience, working with CEOs and senior management teams on their most pressing issues and helping them drive full potential transformation programs. Since joining Bain in 1988, he has worked with clients in a wide range of industries including retail and consumer products, luxury goods, media, tourism and logistics. His projects have covered a broad cross-section of issues including corporate and business unit strategy, transformation, marketing strategy, cost reduction and operational improvement, mergers & acquisitions and organization. Marc-André is the lead author of several points of view on the Retail industry, including The Future of Retail: Six Disruptions That Could Shape the Next Decade and The 2026 Retail Executive Agenda. He is also the lead author of the Amcham-Bain Barometer on the attractiveness of France for US investors. Marc-André was until recently the Chairman of Bain’s global Nominating Committee and served previously on the firm’s global Compensation and Promotion Committee for 6 years. He is currently a member of the Board of AmCham France (American Chamber of Commerce in France) and is a member of the Digital Advisory Board of the Principality of Monaco. Marc-André is a graduate of the “Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics” in France, where he received a degree in civil engineering. He also earned a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from Northwestern University and completed an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School.




