Meet Robert “Duane” DicksonPrincipal, Deloitte Consulting LLP |
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Duane Dickson is a Deloitte Consulting LLP principal in Deloitte's Manufacturing practice. He specializes in providing services in support of projects that involve corporate and competitive strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), performance improvement and supply chain strategy, working primarily with the chemical, advanced materials, industrial products, consumer packaged goods, medical devices and safety equipment industries.
Duane has more than 30 years of operating and consulting experience involving strategy-led transformation programs, M&A, growth and innovation and portfolio analysis/segmented value capture.
Duane also has extensive operating company experience as a senior executive. He has led major transformation programs in four major chemical companies, all yielding in excess of $200 million in profitability and more than $1 billion of shareholder value. As a former VP/General Manager of a $1 billion division of an industrial chemical company, he led the complete restructuring of the division, drove significant profitability improvement and co-developed synergy capture plan and asset divestiture plans in support of a large merger. Also, as a former VP Corporate Ventures (M&A), Duane developed significant experience in transaction support, negotiation, JV (Joint Venture) management, divestitures and corporate development. He has also led Corporate Strategy and Global Marketing for a global manufacturer of medical products.
Duane holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He also completed the Advanced Management Programme at London Business School. He has been published in the Wall Street Journal for a leading-edge point-of-view on chemical industry cyclicality, receiving coverage on the front page.
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Thinking Big: Can Portfolio Analysis Take Corporate Planning to the Next Level?
Some companies are looking to pursue every possible improvement opportunity, including those hidden in their business portfolios. Will traditional corporate planning suffice? Or should they enhance it through portfolio analysis? Duane shares his perspective.
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“ Averages are misleading; get beneath them for real understanding and value growth.”
– Duane Dickson, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
