Mandy Bowers Email & Phone Number

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Recognized on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms and by the FT as one of the UK's leading management consultancies, Blue Ridge Partners has an exclusive focus on accelerating profitable revenue growth, the #1 driver of value creation. Blue Ridge Partners provides business consulting services for private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and Fortune 500 companies. We are known for rolling up our sleeves, being pragmatic in our recommendations and delivering tangible results that focus on the “how” of execution. In our work with clients around the world, we have amassed extensive knowledge of the issues that affect revenue performance.

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Coaching Award 2024

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

"Rookie of the Year" Award 2022

Tunis, Tunisia

• Developed standardized screening, analysis, and reporting tools for impact measurement across 5 funds, including managing and collating data and drawing qualitative conclusions• Wrote 16 screening reports with development impact scenarios, theory of change, and proposed impact KPIs; consulted with selected portfolio companies on appropriate impact KPIs• Screened $5m-$10m investments for AfricInvest’s new health impact fund

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Developed procedures and tools for Internal Audit Committee overseeing Impact Team• Drafted first SEAF disclosure on alignment with the IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management• Mapped historical metrics of 430 portfolio companies to modern industry standards and engineered dynamic graphing tools to improve communication of impact performance to clients

Bologna Area, Italy

• Research Assistant to SAIS Europe Director Michael Plummer• Analyzed trade patterns among ASEAN countries in STATA to quantify trade creation and disruption within the bloc

Berlin, Germany

• Conducted 11 expert interviews and a literature review on behavioral science and entrepreneurship to author report on applying behavioral economics to development interventions in low- and middle-income countries

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Designed 7 briefings to the FOMC on recent international macroeconomic and financial developments by analyzing global conditions, coding 15-20 data charts and visuals per briefing, and fact-checking materials• Automated creation of 33 electronic briefing books for international meetings (e.g., G-20) and for senior staff before FOMC meetings• Assigned and managed economic briefing notes from up to 50 economists, compiled notes into briefing books for Chairman Powell and 15 other senior staff• Trained successor in software programs and constructed database of charts distributed to 40 colleagues

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led redesign of GDP growth forecasting model by identifying potential causal variables, testing significance of variables, and building program that resulted in up to 2x improvement in model forecasts• Forecasted key economic indicators (such as GDP, CPI, interest rates) in emerging Asian economies (including as lead forecaster for Russia and Malaysia)• Developed unsupervised machine learning programs to support economists’ research, including using principle component analysis to analyze job complexity and wage growth in Germany and using natural language processing tools to quantify Chinese capital controls through Asian news reports

Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

• Lesson planned and conducted private-school English language classes for students ages 3-18, with 1-16 students per class• Designed and directed weekly hour-long seminars to foster English language use within an age group across ability levels• Marketed the EF program to local public and private schools and in high-traffic localities through 30 min to 1 hour long sample classes for up to 60 children at a time

Vienna, Virginia

• Managed primary and secondary research for 7 private equity projects, such as sourcing, conducting, and evaluating interviews with 26 market participants within 2 weeks and presenting findings to executives• Led competitive research and modeled cash flows and key performance indicators for strategic tech acquisition• Quantified impact of competitor pricing strategies on market position and financial risk for major U.S. mobile carrier

Hanover, Nh

• Presented on study abroad programs to groups of 30 - 100 prospective participants• Managed first Dartmouth Off-Campus Programs Fair, which attracted 400+ students• Coordinated student photography contest and exhibition attracting 300 attendees• Solicited and prepared student experiences for inclusion in redesigned website

Hanover, Nh

• Researched 1990s rebel groups in Afghanistan as part of the Presidential Scholars program• Assigned statistical values to groups’ policies, organizations, development, and environment• Helped create a database exploring correlations in rebellion and civilian governance

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyzed and presented allegations submitted to the U.S. government• Prepared letters and reports for publication through fact-checking, citation, and additional research• Created organizational systems for office records, including documentation of America's intervention in Libya, UN sanctions regimes, and human rights cases, to aid employee transition and office movement• Researched current developments in UN law

Berlin, Germany

• Reported on foreign administrations and current policy issues, with a focus on EU-Neighborhood policy• Managed English correspondence of the Committee

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: INDEVOR, INSEAD Student Impact Fund, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Women in Business, VINSEADDean’s List.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Economics, International Development, 3.92/4.0

Activities and Societies: Net Impact Club, Business and Capital Markets Club, Defense and Intelligence ClubGraduated with Honors (Top 10%.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And Government, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Winter Carnival Co-Chair, Off-Campus Programs Advisory Board, Panhellenic Vice President of Recruitment.

Chinese Language And Literature

Intensive Chinese language studies, Feb - June 2017