Bain appoints Satish Shankar as Regional Managing Partner for APAC

After six years in the role, Dale Cottrell returns to focus on client service as part of the firm's 'servant leader' model

Global consulting firm Bain and Company on Wednesday appointed 20-year veteran Satish Shankar as the Regional Managing Partner for Asia Pacific (APAC). Dale Cottrell, who has served as the Regional Managing Partner for six years, will return to advising the firm’s clients as part of Bain’s ‘servant leader’ model, in which partners regularly rotate into leadership roles and then back to client work. 

Shankar has been the Managing Partner for Bain & Company’s Southeast Asia (SEA) region for the last five years. He will continue to be based in Singapore and will take over his new role from 1 April, 2019.