Graham Bougen
Graham has experience in healthcare, energy, technology, retail, agriculture, manufacturing, FMCG, venture capital and infrastructure. Graham grew up in rural New Zealand and has lived and worked in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, the US and Asia. He began his career as a structural engineer for the global consulting firm Arup, working on major building projects in New Zealand and Australia prior to joining Port Jackson Partners, a leading Australian boutique strategy consulting firm, where he developed his practical strategy skills.
Graham has hands on operating experience with Alliance Group, a major New Zealand meat supplier, starting their value-added business to diversify them away from commodity product. After successfully building the business in Europe and developing the global roll-out plan, he joined MessageMedia, an Australian technology unicorn to establish their European office.
Graham is a Founding Partner of GNG Partners and brings hands-on global experience in driving growth across a range of industries, including healthcare, aged care, energy, telecommunications, retail and agriculture. He is a hands-on Partner and spends time working closely with both our clients and team.
Graham leads GNG Partners quantitative tools development and has extensive experience with quantitative elements of marketing, pricing optimisation, logistics and network efficiency in complex industries. He typically follows through recommendations to early stages of practical implementation working alongside our clients.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Auckland.
Graham is married with two kids and enjoys most sports and getting into the country.