About Andy
Andy West is a leader of both McKinsey's Merger Management group and the High Tech Practice. He serves clients across a range of industries including software, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and life sciences.
Andy has helped drive effective post-merger integration as well as worked with clients on restructuring and performance transformation, salesforce integration, and building go-to-market strategies. He has worked with several of his clients to deliver rapid growth through serial acquisitions that include developing their overall integration approach; managing back-office consolidation; and helping build merger-management capabilities to support future acquisitions.
In his work on major global mergers and joint ventures, Andy has helped identify synergies and transformational revenue-growth opportunities. In such deals, Andy's role has included leading the management office; profiling the organizational health of the merging companies; creating change-management programs; and helping establish new corporate centers and governance models. He has also helped clients capture immediate sales opportunities arising from mergers.
Published work
“M&A as competitive advantage,” McKinsey & Company, August 2013
Past experience
| Monitor Company |
Summer consultant |
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| Ernst & Young, LLP |
Senior consultant |
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Education
| Kellogg Graduate School of Management |
MBA in finance, entrepreneurship, strategic management |
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| Washington University |
BA in politicial science/economics |
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