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Global leader with 20+ years of experience driving strategy, organizational transformation, and operational excellence within the world’s leading professional services firms. Currently serving as COO / Head of Strategy & Operations, Client Capabilities, and Client Development for McKinsey’s Tech & AI practice, I specialize in translating complex vision into high-growth business results, leveraging a “human+AI” digital workforce. My background also includes leadership roles as Deputy Chief People Officer, Chief of Staff, and Management Consultant, providing a distinctive enterprise perspective at the intersection of strategy, people, and operations. Known for: 👉Strategy design & execution: Translating ambitious goals into operational reality 👉Large-scale transformation: Leading organizational redesign, M&A integration, and change management 👉Operational excellence: Improving global business functions and performance 👉Client development & capability building: Driving client development and scaling world-class expertise 👉Strategic talent architecture: Bringing a unique "People + Ops" perspective to build high-performing teams 👉Hands-on leadership: A “doer” and trusted, collaborative advisor to C-suite teams
👉 Leader aligning strategy, people, operations, and technology to drive growth and execution. 👉 Practice Build & Scale: Founding leader of McKinsey’s Tech & AI practice; scaled global operations from inception into one of the firm’s largest practices (several thousand colleagues). 👉 Global Operations & Strategy: Oversee strategy design and execution, performance, finance, and strategic growth initiatives, including enterprise change management, communications, acquisition integration, and the launch of Cloud by McKinsey. 👉 Client Activation & Go-to-Market: Lead global go-to-market strategy, driving client development, competitive intelligence, and high-profile client events and strategic partnerships. 👉 Product & Capability Innovation: Head the Client Capabilities team, transforming service delivery through digital assets, proprietary products, technology enablement, and world-class knowledge management. 👉 Executive Talent Strategy & People Operations: Lead key aspects of people strategy and operations, including Partner recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, and the global Senior Advisor program. 👉 Thought Leadership: Core contributor to McKinsey’s Green Tech and Human+AI initiatives, including published research on the Green IT revolution.
👉 Global Scaling & Growth: Recruited as a founding General Manager to build and scale the practice globally, achieving 900% growth through strategic restructuring and the integration of legacy entities. 👉 Growth Strategy & Capabilities: Directed global go-to-market functions, including product and service innovation, marketing, inorganic growth (M&A) initiatives, and enterprise knowledge strategy, while scaling new capabilities to support rapid market expansion. 👉 Operational Leadership: Oversaw end-to-end performance and operations, including finance, communications, risk, people ops, and operating governance. 👉 Talent Strategy & Culture: Architected a world-class talent pipeline by redesigning and implementing the end-to-end people strategy, from executive recruiting to leadership development and culture building.
👉 Executive Advisory: Partnered with C-suite leaders (CEOs, CHROs, CIOs) to design and implement global enterprise operating models and large-scale functional transformations. 👉 Organizational Design & Strategy: Advised leadership at Fortune 500 clients on talent strategy, succession planning, and culture change, ensuring full alignment with corporate business priorities. 👉 Complex Change Management: Led end-to-end transformation efforts for M&A/divestitures, cost optimizations, and global technology implementations. 👉 Operational Excellence: Directed cross-functional initiatives across recruiting, professional development, and knowledge management to improve organizational performance.
★ Facilitator at the Kellogg School of Management's Kellogg Action Lab Experience (KALE). ➳ KALE is an innovative and intimate learning community of leaders from a broad range of industries, companies and functions who partner with Kellogg’s expert faculty to solve complex problems that impact business through collaboration. ➳ KALE is changing the collaboration model between higher education and industry by engaging the “best brains” and the spirit of growth and collaboration to solve tough nut, complex problems that cut across functions, organizations and societal sectors
👉 Large-Scale Strategy & P&L Oversight: Member of the GSA Tax management team, overseeing $2B+ in revenue and 2,500+ professionals across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria; accountable for strategy setting and execution. 👉 Enterprise Operations Leadership: Directed end-to-end business operations across Finance, People / HR, Marketing, Communications, Technology / IT, and Procurement, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. 👉 Strategic Transformation & PMO Leadership: Headed the PMO to drive enterprise-wide initiatives, including profit improvement programs, annual budgeting, and major strategic launches, including building and scaling EY Law. 👉 Market Leadership & Go-to-Market: Led global go-to-market strategies and business development initiatives, and chaired firm-wide thought leadership programs. 👉 Capabilities & Organizational Design: Built new offerings and capabilities, spearheaded knowledge management, and led complex change management and communications for large-scale organizational restructuring.
👉 Strategic People Leadership: Co-led the people strategy for a 2,500+ person business unit, aligning HR functions with P&L priorities to drive organizational performance. 👉 End-to-End Talent Oversight: Directed the full talent lifecycle, including Partner elections, compensation systems, succession planning, and executive recruiting for the GSA region. 👉 M&A & Integration: Led multiple acquisitions and spearheaded post-merger integrations to ensure cultural and operational alignment. 👉 Operational Innovation: Architected a global talent hub to optimize service delivery and designed new operating models to unify regional teams under a “One Firm” structure. 👉 Future of Work: Spearheaded the "Future Workspace" initiative, integrating technology, real estate, and knowledge management to modernize the employee experience.
👉 Founder | Zeel Group: Established a global consulting firm delivering high-impact business, go-to-market, and talent strategies for a diverse client base. 👉 Chief of Staff to the CEO | Community Bank WGE: Orchestrated business and location strategies, including the end-to-end launch of new branches and enterprise-wide operational improvements. 👉 Aide to the Chief of Staff | U.S. House of Representatives: Managed a comprehensive legislative portfolio and conducted policy analysis. Represented the Congressman in hearings and briefings, while driving operational improvements in the Member's office. 👉 Chief of Staff | Savings Bank Daun: Spearheaded new business unit strategies and digital innovation, including launching one of Germany's first "Internet Café" banking models.