Nate Shenck is a core member of Boston Consulting Group's Consumer, Health Care, and Operations practices, and leader of the North American Retail team. Nate works primarily with major retail and health care companies to drive significant strategic and operational change in order to address their most critical challenges and achieve sustainable impact.

Within retail, Nate has worked within the food, drug, mass market (FDM); specialty; convenience; and DIY channels among others. His expertise is in retail operations and the future of retail, including store productivity, product availability and inventory management, customer service and services, go-to-market strategy, retail real estate, and driving change in retail settings.

Within health care, Nate works mostly in the pharmacy industry on topics including operations and workflow, product chain/inventory management, profitability and service optimization, and productivity.

Prior to joining BCG, Nate was a nuclear submarine officer in the United States Navy and a military professor at the United States Naval Academy. Nate is also the past Leader of BCG's North America Veteran Network.


  • MS, C. S. Draper Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BS, electrical engineering, with distinction, U.S. Naval Academy