Timothy Derr

Timothy Derr

Senior Partner
Chicago Office

, North America

Expertise

Timothy Derr is a Senior Partner and leads the Consumer (Retail, Consumer Goods and Health) in the Americas. He focuses on performance improvement and large-scale transformation programs for global consumer companies, with a particular emphasis on driving profitable growth and redesigning operating models.

He works closely with CFOs to translate strategy into financial outcomes, aligning commercial, operational, and finance functions to improve visibility, control, and decision making. His work centers on growth, cost and cash performance, and embedding analytics-enabled processes into core finance and business operations.

Timothy advises senior leadership teams on how to prioritize and execute the few initiatives that drive disproportionate financial impact—typically delivering 20–30% EBITDA improvement through focused operating model redesign and commercial capability uplift.

He has led complex transformation programs across consumer sectors, including apparel, personal care, food and beverage, and household products. His experience includes redesigning global operating models, establishing transformation governance, and implementing digital, AI and analytics capabilities to support execution at scale.

He also supports organizations through supply chain optimization and post-transaction restructuring, improving resilience while reducing cost and complexity.

Timothy began his career in an operations leadership program and holds an MBA in Strategy and Policy as well as a degree in Finance.