Ulrike Schwarz-Runer

Ulrike Schwarz-Runer is a Partner at BCG and the MD & General Counsel. Ulrike has a long and impressive work history, starting as an attorney-at-law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from 1994 to 1999. Ulrike then moved to Goldman Sachs where they were an Executive Director from 2000 to 2007. After Goldman Sachs, they became the General Counsel and Company Secretary at Dubai Holding Tatweer from 2007 to 2009. In 2010, they joined Grosvenor Group as their General Counsel and Board Executive Director. During their time there, they were voted as one of the most influential GCs in the U.K. by UK Legal Business in 2013. From 2012 to 2016, they were a Non-Executive Director at Barclays UKRF. Ulrike Schwarz-Runer has been with BCG since 2016, first as a part of BCG Digital Ventures and now as a Partner.

Ulrike Schwarz-Runer has a LL.M. in International Taxation from New York University, a Doctor of Law summa cum laude from Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, a Master of Arts in Political Science, Journalism and Public Communication from Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, and a Master of Law from Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg. Ulrike also has a Bar Exam in Attorney-at-Law from the New York State Bar Association, a Bar Exam Austria from the Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien, and a Bar Exam from the Solicitor Regulation Authority, England & Wales.

Some of their coworkers include Vladimir Lukic - Managing Director & Senior Partner; Global Leader, Technology Advantage Practice, Matthias Tauber - Managing Director & Senior Partner, and Lars Fæste - Senior Partner & MD, Transformation, Client Team Chair. Their manager is Christoph Schweizer, CEO.