Jill Royston joined BCE as a Senior Advisor serving industrials and pharmaceutical clients, bringing decades of experience in growth strategy, organizational strategy, change management, and business transformation.

Jill is a partner and founder of Kumatage Consulting, a boutique consultancy that equips leaders and executive teams with the practices needed to create sustainable, profitable growth. With over 20 years of experience in business strategy, operations, and transformation, Jill is the leader CEOs rely on when they are in uncharted territory.

Jill has a successful track record of building capabilities essential to business transformation and scaling for growth across diverse and global markets. She has led global cross-functional teams delivering multi-year transformational, capability building, and process automation programs. From AstraZeneca pharmaceuticals to W.L. Gore, Jill’s leadership contribution spans multiple industries, markets, and business models. She has also created and improved strategy and annual planning processes, framed strategic choices and scenarios, and established and assessed key performance indicators across business units to ensure progress to plan. Jill is passionate about growing global talent, bridging silos, and building compelling strategies that gain board and investor commitment. She is a collaborative executive who thrives when she is pushing into new areas that require teams to adopt new perspectives, skills, and ways of working.