Rich Lesser
Vice Chair, Climate & Sustainability and Senior Advisor
- Location: Americas - New York
Mr. Lesser serves as B Capital’s Vice Chair on Climate & Sustainability and Senior Advisor. Additionally, Mr. Lesser serves as Global Chair of BCG and has more than 35 years of experience engaging with CEOs, boards of directors and senior leaders on critical topics, including climate and sustainability.
He served as BCG’s CEO from 2013 to 2021, a period of exceptional growth for the firm and during which he launched the BCG Center for Climate & Sustainability. Mr. Lesser also serves as Chief Advisor to the World Economic Forum’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders. Prior to joining BCG, he worked in product development at Procter & Gamble. Mr. Lesser has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan.
The BCG Senior Advisors are not partners or employees of B Capital or its affiliates, but rather BCG employees who provide consulting services to B Capital, certain B Capital funds, and/or their portfolio companies as part of B Capital’s strategic partnership with BCG. BCG does not provide investment advice to or participate in the investment decision making of B Capital or any of its funds, and BCG is not involved in the day-to-day operations or management of B Capital.