Jarne Verpoorten

Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company | Passionate about the intersection of operational excellence, technology, and personal development | M.Sc. Nucl. Eng & Mat. Eng., and Executive MBA

Antwerp Metropolitan Area

About

Based in the Brussels office (Belgium), I’m a member of the operations practice of McKinsey & Company. I support Clients in transformational journeys, both to respond to growth as to accommodate saturation. I focus on operational excellence and energy system optimization over different geographies and business areas (e.g., chemicals & materials, and consumer goods).

Experience

  • McKinsey & Company (6 yrs 10 mos)
    • Associate Partner
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Engagement manager
      May 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Implementation associate
      Sep 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • SCK-CEN (10 yrs 4 mos)
    • Expertise group manager
      Dec 2018 - Aug 2019 · 9 mos

      MYRRHA will be the next large-scale research reactor of the Belgian nuclear research center (SCK•CEN), total program budget of €1.6B. - Member of executive team, in charge of operations; - Senior manager of 3 unit managers and 5 staff (MEng & MSc PhD); - Annual budget of €50M; - Design & build first phase of the nuclear research facility; - Re-focus & re-align multinational team of researchers and engineers; - Regular reporting to Board of Directors and Federal government.

    • MYRRHA programme co-ordinator
      Jan 2016 - Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      - Member of executive team, in charge of PMO; - Member of corporate business process management SteerCo; - Designed & implemented programme organization & governance structure considering a separate legal entity (AISBL) next to the existing organization; - Created and performed programme & enterprise risk analysis; - Prepared separate legal entity, and established new corporate management accounting approach for SCK•CEN; - Coordinated socio-economic impact assessment by PWC; - Regular reporting to Board of Directors and Federal government.

    • Plant Asset Manager
      May 2012 - Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      - Member of enterprise project management SteerCo; - Manager of a unit of 5 project managers (MEng); - Annual budget of €5M; - Designed & installed plant asset management process, and project management process; - Regular contact with nuclear safety authorities; - Provided in-company training.

  • Business development consultant at MAGICS Instruments
    Oct 2018 - Feb 2019 · 5 mos

    - Executive MBA-project for IoT scale-up; - Direct collaboration with founders; - Developed new business model in preparation of the next capital round, through extensive network in nuclear sector; - Tailored new governance structure; - Focused on 2 territories: Western-Europe & China; - Estimated revenue increase of €2.5M, ramp-up of 4 years.

  • Strategic consultant at CÎME
    Jan 2018 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

    - Executive MBA-project for independent skincare start-up; - Direct collaboration with founders; - Created strategic / marketing plan 2019-2024, a combination of market penetration and product range extension.

  • TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING - GDF SUEZ GROUP (4 yrs 9 mos)
    • Project manager
      Sep 2008 - May 2009 · 9 mos

      - Managed multi-disciplinary projects (LTO) for the the nuclear power plant of Doel; - Involved staff of 20 engineers (Meng); - Provided in-company training.

    • Design Engineer
      Sep 2004 - Sep 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      - Member of international research programs SteerCo, with an annual budget of €3M; - Chaired session international OECD-NEA conference; - Consulted nuclear power plants in Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia on technical and organizational issues; - Regular contact with nuclear safety authorities; - Provided in-company training.