One on One with Bain's Jenny Davis-Peccoud

Upon joining Bain & Company in 1992, Jenny Davis-Peccoud followed the standard consulting track from analyst to consultant to manager. Now Davis-Peccoud's daily focus is on Bain's global organization practices, and helping clients and partners on organizational effectiveness issues. Using these skills, Davis-Peccoud became heavily involved in the London branch of Bain's award-winning community program, the Bain Cares Network. The network allows Bain employees who want to give back to the community the chance to volunteer their services or time. Davis-Peccoud sat down with Consulting's One on One to discuss the network, pro bono work and a new Web site that allows Bain employees to see case studies from previous work done by the Bain Cares Network.

Consulting: What is the Bain Cares Network all about?

Davis-Peccoud: Community engagement has historically been a very office-driven activity at Bain. In almost every office there are people who are passionate about doing great work in the community and come together in the local office to make that happen. Whether that's giving our time and volunteering, or using our skills for pro-bono consulting, or raising money through charity through marathons or what have you. Every office has some program, and I've been very active in shaping the program in London. We've been developing the Network for the last two to three years. It occurred to me there was great stuff going on in other offices, and I wanted to hear more about it and have the opportunity for all of us to share experiences and make sure we're getting the best out of each other as we try to help our communities. It started with a quarterly call with each Bain Cares program in each of the offices around the world. This served as an impetus for some offices to rekindle programs that might have been lost, or put a push on starting a program that hadn't gotten as much traction as people wanted.