Senior VP Named a Young Global Leader

The World Economic Forum has named Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Adam Bird to its Forum of Young Global Leaders Class of 2006. Bird will serve a five-year term with 200 other exceptional young leaders drawn from every region in the world and many disciplines and sectors who share a commitment to shaping the global future.

Adam Bird

The Class of 2006 hails from 50 countries ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe and includes more than 60 business leaders, over 30 civic leaders, and dozens of artists, journalists, and academic leaders. They were chosen from among 3,500 candidates by the Forum of Young Global Leaders' nominating committee, headed by Queen Rania of Jordan.

The 2006 and 2005 classes of Young Global Leaders will join forces to engage in the "2020 Initiative," a comprehensive endeavor, aimed at establishing a framework for understanding the problems and risks we face in the coming decades and beyond. Their goal is to identify the dynamics and complexities of future industrial and social developments, so that a shared vision for a better world in 2020 can emerge.

About Adam Bird

Adam Bird is managing partner of Booz Allen's Global Media and Consumer Practice and a Member of Booz Allen's Board of Directors. He advises the top management of the leading media, entertainment, leisure and consumer companies on their most critical business issues. His client work has spanned all major media, entertainment and information segments consumer goods, and leisure companies. His work includes strategy development, post-merger integration, performance improvement, and change management.

Bird is the co-author of the book Customer Centricity: New Opportunities for the Media Industry. He often speaks on media topics at conferences and is regularly cited in leading publications, including The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Financial Times, Financial Times Deutschland, Time and BusinessWeek.

story posted February 24, 2006