Andrea D'Arcy
Partner,
About Andrea
Expertise
Andrea D'Arcy is a member of our Retail, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), and Customer Experience practices.
Andrea primarily advises clients in retail sectors such as grocery, e-commerce, apparel, specialty retail, and club. She has additional experience across industries including private equity, healthcare, technology, utilities and financial services.
Within retail and consumer Andrea holds deep expertise in strategy, customer strategy & marketing, omnichannel strategy and organization design.
Andrea is also a leader in our America’s Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) practice. She helps leaders develop and deploy effective DEI strategies to meet the needs of their organizations. She is co-author of a paper 10 Proven Actions to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that shares research-backed tactics that are particularly effective at advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
In addition to her time with Bain, Andrea has worked with The Bridgespan Group in New York and TechnoServe in Tanzania and Ghana.
She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.
Recent Insights
- “Eliminate a Degree of Difficulty: Hire for Skills, Not School ,” Brief, February 2023
- “ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Getting Started on What Works,” Brief, December 2022
- “Making DEI Work Inside and Out,” Brief, March 2022
- “What Works in DEI? Four Efforts Worth Measuring ,” Article, November 2021
- “10 Proven Actions to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” Report, August 2021