François Candelon

François Candelon

Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG Henderson Institute Global Director

BCG, France

François Candelon is the Global Director of BCG Henderson Institute (BHI), BCG's strategy think tank and also leads BCG-X AI@Scale for TMT companies. He is based in BCG’s Paris office and a Managing Director & Senior Partner.
At BHI, he focuses his own academic research on exploring the technology horizon and sharing actionable insights with leaders.
His research is focused on AI, GenAI, Digital and Deep Tech as a source of competitive advantage for businesses, national economies, and current research themes include topics such as (Gen)AI competitiveness, deep tech, and AI & society.
His work has appeared in publications such as Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Strategy Science, TED.
He writes a monthly column on AI in Fortune, and he has been a speaker at global conferences like Politico, AI Summit, MWC, TED, Web Summit, Global AI Summit, and Wuzhen Internet Conference.
In 2021, he was among the 8 shortlisted for the prestigious Thinkers50 distinguished Digital Award.