Boston Consulting Group has stripped chief risk officer Adam Farber and social-impact practice head Rich Hutchinson of their leadership duties after an internal probe found the firm’s work on a U.S- and Israeli-backed aid initiative in Gaza breached company rules. Both executives will remain partners but no longer hold management posts, the firm confirmed on 11 July. The move follows the June dismissal of partners Matt Schlueter and Ryan Ordway, who BCG says initiated the project without authorization. Documents cited by the Financial Times show BCG staff modelled a scenario to pay $9,000 per person to induce up to 500,000 Palestinians to leave Gaza—work code-named “Aurora.” Consultants also helped design business operations for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has supplanted UN agencies in aid distribution. Gaza health officials say Israeli gunfire at GHF aid sites has left more than 700 people dead and about 4,000 wounded since the network began operating this year. BCG maintains the engagement was pro bono, was halted in June and never represented an official assignment, blaming the episode on “individual misconduct and failures in oversight.” The backlash has already cost the firm its two-decade partnership with Save the Children, while a U.K. parliamentary committee and several clients are demanding further explanations. Leadership reshuffles and an external review aim to stem reputational damage at the $12 billion-revenue consultancy.
Two senior executives from the US firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) are set to lose their leadership roles following the reports that they were linked to a project to forcibly displace Palestinians in the Gaza Strip https://t.co/nP8bT0Ub2k
After an internal investigation, Adam Farber and Rich Hutchinson will be stripped of their roles following their work on plans to forcibly displace Gazans https://t.co/nP8bT0Ub2k
Two senior partners at the Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) have resigned following the controversy over their involvement in the US-based aid project in Gaza https://t.co/tK6xEjPlje