Oliver Wyman has appointed Birgit Boykin as Chief People Officer for Oliver Wyman and Marsh Management Consulting. She will assume the role on October 1, 2026, following her tenure as Chief People Officer for the Americas. Boykin joined Oliver Wyman in 2025 and has supported the region’s commercial growth agenda, performance management, and leadership development.
Global People Strategy Expands Under Birgit Boykin
In her new position, Boykin will work with leaders across Oliver Wyman and Marsh Management Consulting. Her responsibilities will include shaping a global people strategy aligned with business growth. She will also oversee initiatives covering talent attraction, development, retention, and colleague experience. These areas span major stages of the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through career development.
Strengthening Leadership and Talent Development
Boykin’s previous role focused on the Americas, where she supported commercial growth and strengthened performance management. She also worked on leadership capabilities within Oliver Wyman’s Human Capital function. Her expanded responsibilities now extend those priorities across the broader consulting organization.
The appointment comes as professional services companies continue managing increasingly complex workforce requirements. Consulting businesses depend heavily on specialized talent, leadership capabilities, and employee development. Building consistent people practices across regions can therefore become an important organizational priority.
Boykin’s mandate covers several interconnected areas of workforce management. Recruiting helps organizations build talent pipelines, while development programs support long-term capability. Performance management provides another mechanism for aligning individual contributions with organizational objectives. Together, these functions form a broader people strategy.
Connecting People Strategy With Business Growth
Oliver Wyman said Boykin will work closely with leaders to attract, develop, and retain talent. Her responsibilities will also include strengthening colleague experience across recruiting, onboarding, staffing, performance, and career development. This gives the People function responsibility across multiple stages of the employee journey.
Her appointment also reflects the continuing expansion of senior HR responsibilities within professional services organizations. People leaders increasingly work alongside commercial leadership on organizational capability and workforce planning. This can involve aligning talent requirements with business expansion, leadership development, and changing client demands.
Boykin brings experience from both people leadership and broader organizational transformation. Before joining Oliver Wyman, she held senior responsibilities across people strategy and organizational leadership. Her professional background includes work focused on developing organizations through periods of growth and change.
The new role places Boykin at the center of a broader people agenda spanning Oliver Wyman and Marsh Management Consulting. Her focus will include workforce development, leadership capabilities, talent retention, and colleague experience. As the organization continues evolving its global operations, those areas will remain connected to its ability to develop and retain specialized professional talent.
