Joseph Nolte
London Business School
Bain & Company
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I spent 7 years at Bain & Company in London, leaving as an Associate Partner. Along the way, I served as On-Campus Lead for Bain's MBA recruiting team, conducting 100+ live and virtual case and fit interviews — so I've sat on the other side of the table more times than most coaches ever will. Before Bain, I switched into consulting myself during my MBA (LBS MBA Class of 2019), which means I remember exactly what the process feels like from the candidate's chair — the ambiguity, the nerves, the sense that everyone else seems to have it figured out when you haven't. I coach case and behavioural interviews. My sessions are fully virtual and tailored to you.
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Why do I coach?
I used a coach myself during my own transition into consulting, and it made a real difference — enough that I've wanted to pay it forward ever since. Having spent years on Bain's hiring side, I also saw the same pattern over and over: most candidates don't need more frameworks, they need someone who's actually made the hiring decisions to tell them honestly what their gaps are and how to close them. That's the gap I try to fill. I like coaching because it's the rare kind of work where you get to watch someone go from anxious and unsure to genuinely ready, often in the space of just a few sessions. I get energised by supporting candidates on their professional journeys - so please do reach out and let's get an intro chat to see how I can best help you!
Work Experience
Associate Partner
Bain & Company
April 2025 - July 2026
• On-campus recruiting lead: Coaching & interview prep for LBS & INSEAD (40+ individual case prep sessions, 5+ plenary coaching sessions, 100+ coffee chat / virtual consultations) • Digital strategy for large-scale direct-to-consumer business (managed team of 5 consultants): Conducted a digital maturity assessment across client's entire business to identify key capability gaps; developed digital ambition and reviewed tech & digital spend vs industry / peers to outline an investment posture; created a point of departure for tech & digital function; outlined long-list of potential digital / tech opportunities and their potential P&L impact, including a detailed roadmap, required one-off and recurring cost (capex and opex), a set of success criteria for mobilisation and delivery, as well as required people / talent evolution to realise ambition Survey Design, Digital Transformation and +3 skills
Senior Manager
Bain & Company
July 2022 - April 2025
• Technology cost optimisation for media company (led team of 7 consultants): Created consolidated cost transparency across 4 operating companies part of broader media parent company, developing a detailed spend cube to analyse cost base; sized potential cost savings opportunities (e.g. reducing duplicated spend across operating companies with the same vendors, optimising capex expenditure for end-user compute, benchmarking potential offshoring opportunities, analysing central / cross-charge costs) • Technology operating model design for multinational CPG (led team of 6 consultants): Built a case-for-change across ~50 mgmt interviews, a survey across ~100 senior business and tech stakeholders; designed a new product-based operating model that integrates traditional technology "products" with a service delivery component; introduced product archetypes to delineate areas where business can control and influence technology spend (for better P&L management); redesigned business engagement model to be better aligned with the overall company operating model (across complex matrix of categories and geographies) • Separation and new operating model for technology function of consumer health company (led team of 6 consultants): Supported readiness of Day 1 separation ensuring correct Transition Services Agreements (TSAs) aligned across complex stakeholder landscape; managed team of Bain's Enterprise Blueprints architects to support client in building future enterprise architecture and roadmap to get there (incl. future ERP plan of brownfield vs greenfield); designed future-proof digital operating model incl. interim transition state; outlined detailed 3-year strategic roadmap across ~20 workstreams for CDO Survey Design, Digital Transformation and +4 skills
Manager
Bain & Company
October 2021 - July 2022
• Process & systems separation for consumer health company (led a team of 5-6 consultants): Conducted large-scale separation programme for consumer health division of one of the largest UK pharmaceutical firms, identifying one-time cost requirements (incl deep review of long-lead items and macro decisions e.g. ERP, infrastructure), outlining competitive advantageous systems & processes for the separated firm to retain, identifying key entangled systems & processes, and building a long-term roadmap for successful delivery Survey Design, Digital Transformation and +4 skills
Internal Consultant
Hiperpool
June 2018 - June 2019
ERP Consultant
Avanade
January 2012 - June 2017
Certified Microsoft consultant - solved complex transformation issues for clients in shipping, oil and gas and financial services.
Developer
IBM
May 2009 - December 2009
Improved accuracy of the electronic forms product by correcting pixel-level discrepancies in fonts and layouts between the designer and viewer tools. Developed custom calculation enhancements to simplify the end-user experience.
Education
London Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Strategy and Marketing
2017 - 2019
Activities and societies: Co-President: Consulting Club
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Finance and Financial Management Services
2013 - 2013
University of British Columbia
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics
2005 - 2010
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