One of the world's largest consultancies has a new CEO.

The first non-German to be chief executive of global business consultancy Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Charles-Edouard Bouee, has been elected by the firm at a recent meeting in Frankfurt.

The firm, which operates in sectors including finance and banking, said that former CEO, Burkhard Schwenker, has been elected to its supervisory board. He had been CEO from 2003 to 2010 and had moved to hold the supervisory board chairmanship last year. He helped drive through a “realignment” at the firm, working with Bouee, who had been chief operating officer during that period, it said in a statement.

The partners of the firm also elected 12 new partners worldwide, and promoted nine partners to the status of senior partner.

Bouee joined Roland Berger in 2001. He was chairman of the regions France, Belgium and North Africa and head of Roland Berger's Asian business and he was also president and managing partner for Greater China (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Taipei and Hong Kong ).

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has 51 offices in 36 countries, with over 2,700 staff.