Michelle Quadt works as a public-sector client development adviser within the global infrastructure practice of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting company based in New York. She is a strategy development professional and has more than 15 years of experience working on strategic initiatives in both the private and public sectors. Before joining McKinsey in May […] More

Rikki Singh, an associate partner at McKinsey & Co., said the management consulting firm launched a program in May to train and upskill product managers through an eight-part speaker series featuring product leaders. She said there will be 3 to 5 million new program managers worldwide by 2025 and the company believes upskilling and empowering […] More

Scott Blackburn, a partner at McKinsey and Company, has said that federal agencies can improve public trust by following the Department of Veterans Affairs’ example of organizational transformation.

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Gregory Nixon, chief administrative officer and chief legal officer at DynCorp International, has been named to Savoy Magazine’s 2018 list of top influential African-American lawyers. Nixon is one of the lawyers named to the magazine’s 2018 Most Influential Black Lawyers list and who were acknowledged for their legal expertise and leadership, DynCorp said Monday. DynCorp CEO […] More

Robert Carrigan, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, has been selected to succeed the retiring Christopher Coughlin as the company’s chairman of the board. Thomas Manning, a director at Dun & Bradstreet and member of the company’s audit and innovation & technology committees, was also named lead director and chairman of the firm’s nominating and governance committee, Dun […] More

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named former Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney as its new senior adviser to provide support for its investment and value-creation strategies. McNerney brings decades worth of experience in management while he held senior leadership positions for a number of global companies, CD&R said Wednesday. “His exceptional record is one grounded […] More

Ankur Ghia serves as a partner at management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. In this role, he is responsible for sales and corporate strategy development, operational improvement and other strategic consulting-related operations for the company. Ghia is a 15-year company veteran who has led information technology procurement, performance assessment and modernization programs for the company’s […] More

A new report by McKinsey & Company indicates a positive outlook in the aerospace and defense industry in terms of global defense spending and market growth over the next three years. John Dowdy and Elizabeth Oakes report that an October 2014 survey of senior executives at aerospace and defense companies points to a market shift from North America […] More

David Court, a director at McKinsey & Company, believes companies that want to explore the potential business impact of data analytics must undergo a strategic transformation that involves planning, restructuring and frontline development. Court wrote in a piece for McKinsey Quarterly’s January 2015 issue that management teams should optimize the use of new analytics technology and adapt the organization to integrate new processes. […] More

C-level executives should take a more proactive role not only in drafting but also in implementing and following through with their enterprise’s cybersecurity policy, McKinsey & Company said in an Insights article published this month. The authors of the report said, however, that while most senior leaders are aware of the implications of a cyber attack, overcoming […] More

A new McKinsey & Co. study has highlighted the potential economic risks posed by a growing number of cyberattacks amid companies with cybersecurity capabilities that are still in the emergent stage. Poll authors Tucker Bailey, Andrea Del Miglio and Wolf Richter, who conducted the study in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, found that a majority […] More

A study by McKinsey & Co. and the World Economic Forum found that more than 50 percent of professionals worldwide believe that cybersecurity threats pose strategic risks to their organizations. The research also sought to find out how executives view cybercrime, its impact on business operations and companies’ response to security vulnerabilities, McKinsey said. Data […] More