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McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading organizations across the globe to improve their performance. We provide world-class experience tailored to local needs and work with private companies and public sector bodies to tackle challenges in strategy, operations, organization, and technology.

Our Swiss offices are located in Zurich and Geneva, and our consultants work with companies across Switzerland’s dynamic financial, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing sectors. At local and global level, we apply our knowledge and experience to conduct research into management issues, develop long-term perspectives, and take part in public debates on the most pressing issues facing business and economies.


  • 50+ years ago

    McKinsey opened its first office in Switzerland

  • 41 languages

    are spoken by our people

  • 1000+ client engagements

    completed in the
    last ten years
    in Switzerland

Our people

  • Christian Casal

    Christian Casal

    Managing partner

    Leads McKinsey’s work in Switzerland, advises Swiss-based corporations on strategic, organizational, and operational topics, and counsels government bodies on macroeconomic and policy issuesmore

  • Marco Ziegler

    Marco Ziegler

    Principal

    Serves companies in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, with a particular focus on operational improvements and strategy. Marco is an expert in petrochemicals, agrochemicals, biotechnology and biobased materials.more

  • Petra Jantzer

    Petra Jantzer

    Principal

    Helps pharmaceutical companies optimize their R&D operating models, improve the interface between development and marketing, and achieve functional excellencemore

Find out more about our people.

Latest thinking

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How to make a city great

September 2013—By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. That could mean great things for economic growth—if the cities handle their expansion wisely. Here’s how.more

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Game changers: Five opportunities for US growth and renewal

July 2013—Five catalysts can reignite the US economy—opportunities in energy, trade, technology, infrastructure, and talent development can add hundreds of billions of dollars to annual GDP and create millions of new jobs by 2020.more

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Solving the challenges of private banking
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Private banking survey 2013: Capturing the new generation of clients

This survey of more than 160 private bank participants globally shows how private banks can capture the next generation of growth through more segmented value propositions, innovative digital delivery models, as well as seamless execution.

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Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy

Twelve emerging technologies—including the mobile Internet, autonomous vehicles, and advanced genomics—have the potential to truly reshape the world in which we live and work. Leaders in both government and business must not only know what’s on the horizon but also start preparing for its impact. more

Mastering the challenges of Swiss manufacturing
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Mastering the challenges of Swiss manufacturing

The Swiss engineering, electrical and metals industry occupies a key position in the national economy. While the industry has developed rapidly, challenges are mounting. This report identifies five areas in which companies need to take action to secure their long-term competitiveness. more

Read more on the Latest thinking page.

Careers in Switzerland

Working at McKinsey Switzerland

McKinsey looks for exceptional people with outstanding capabilities and great potential so that we can help our clients solve their critical business issues. We seek candidates with a wide range of academic and career backgrounds from life sciences to corporate finance.

In return, we go to extraordinary lengths to support the people we hire by providing them with unrivaled opportunities to grow personally and professionally and achieve global impact.  more

Featured initiatives

Advance

Advance Women in Swiss BusinessAdvance is an association and a network of Switzerland-based companies that aims to increase the share of women in senior executive positions. Founded in March 2013 following an initiative by female executives from nine leading Switzerland-based companies, Advance offers ambitious female executives in the member companies a program of events, workshops, mentorship, and advice to increase their opportunities for advancement. The association is funded through an annual subscription fee paid by the member companies. Other companies are highly welcome to become members.

Venture

VentureVenture is a competition designed to help budding Swiss entrepreneurs develop promising ideas into business plans, and ultimately successful companies. Founded in 1998 by McKinsey, ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation, and Knecht Holding, the competition runs every two years. Previous participants have founded more than 550 companies and created over 4,500 jobs. Venture also supports young entrepreneurs with seminars, workshops, coaching, PR, networking, and special events.

Solar Impulse

Solar impulseSolar Impulse is a mission to fly a solar airplane around the world in 2014. More than that, it expresses the vision that energy innovation and the pioneering spirit must prevail in commerce, finance, and politics. As Solar Impulse’s official knowledge partner, McKinsey draws on its global energy expertise to develop balanced perspectives on future resource challenges, assess the feasibility of cleantech opportunities for consumers, businesses and governments, and crystallize the resulting messages and measures in a Solar Impulse “charter.”

Contact us

Zurich

Zurich

Bleicherweg 30
8002 Zurich
Switzerland

Voice: 41 (44) 876 80 00Fax: 41 (44) 876 90 00

Geneva

Geneva

Avenue Louis Casaï 18
CH-1209 Genève
Switzerland

Voice: 41 (22) 744 20 00Fax: 41 (22) 744 20 01

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