Andrew Grant - Senior Partner and Global Board Member, McKinsey & Company
Andrew Grant currently based in Auckland, leads McKinsey & Company's Global Public Sector Practice. He has been a member of McKinsey's Global Board for 12 years and is currently Chairman of the Firm's Knowledge and Capability Committee.
Prior to his current role, Andrew was Managing Director for Greater China from 2005-2010, based in Shanghai. He was based in Tokyo, London, Santiago, New Zealand and Sydney prior to this.
In his 25 years with the Firm, Andrew has advised clients in a broad range of industries and geographies - including basic materials and agribusiness, consumer goods and the public sector. His professional focus is currently on helping leading public sector institutions solve their most pressing strategic challenges. Economic Development and Infrastructure are foremost amongst them.
Andrew has written extensively on leadership and capability building. He has led several of McKinsey's own leadership development efforts and until recently, he Chaired McKinsey's internal Partner election committee.
Prior to joining McKinsey in 1992, Andrew was a structural engineer, specializing in earthquake engineering.
He won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he gained a Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics with first class honours. He also holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree with first class honours from Auckland University in New Zealand. He is married and has five children.
