Christian Irlbeck

Partner at McKinsey & Company

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Partner in McKinsey’s European Insurance Practice with focus on growth strategy and private equity investments/M&A. Former Head of Strategy at a leading German insurance software company.

Experience

  • Partner at McKinsey & Company
    2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    Partner in the European Insurance and Private Equity Practice of McKinsey & Company. Focus on private equity/growth investments and growth strategy development in insurance - Strategy development for leading European insurance companies (both P&C and life) - additionally supporting selected wealth/asset managers on strategic projects - Leading several transactions incl. due diligence for globally leading private capital players and leading financial service players - Building several digital neo-insurers from scratch in Germany/Europe/Asia and development of further digital business models along the insurance value chain (incl. support of several fintechs/insurtechs on strategy and investment topics)

  • Head of Strategy & Business Development at Thinksurance
    2018 - 2020 · 2 yrs

    Head of Strategy & Business Development (as part of PhD program) - Coordination of successful 13 EUR million funding round - Repositioning as B2B company and rebranding as Thinksurance (formerly Gewerbeversicherung24) - Crafting of Strategy 2025 and future organizational structure - Development of internationalization strategy and preparation of market entry in France - Leadership of large strategic projects, e.g. new tech offerings or customer activation programm

  • Founder & Managing Director at Academic Consultants GbR
    2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs

    Consulting projects for clients across industries, merely in the areas of business development, transaction support and recruiting strategy.