About Kevin
Kevin is a director in our New York office. He is a co-leader and co-founder of our global Risk Practice and also serves as co-leader of the Corporate & Investment Banking Practice in the Americas. Since joining McKinsey in 1993, he has advised a broad range of leading financial institutions on their most complex strategic, risk, operational, and investment decisions.
Kevin’s thinking on risk and financial institutions has appeared in numerous publications, including American Banker, the Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal. His recent experience includes working with 11 US banks with a total of more than $9 trillion in assets to assess the likely impact of Basel III capital and liquidity requirements; crafting and executing a strategy for the wind-down of a large and complex derivatives portfolio; redesigning and strengthening treasury, liquidity, and capital management at a global bank; supporting two major banks on their stress-testing efforts; and designing and implementing a comprehensive program to achieve best-in-class risk management at a leading financial institution.
Kevin received an AB in Economics, summa cum laude, from Harvard College and a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Published work
“Assessing and addressing the implications of new financial regulations for the US banking industry” (PDF–684 KB), McKinsey Working Papers on Risk, March 2011
“A better way to measure bank risk,” McKinsey Quarterly, April 2010
“A board perspective on enterprise risk management” (PDF–871 KB), McKinsey Working Papers on Risk, February 2010
“Capital ratios and financial distress: Lessons from the crisis” (PDF–340 KB), McKinsey Working Papers on Risk, December 2009
“The risk revolution” (PDF–2.65 MB) McKinsey Working Papers on Risk, September 2008
“The new arsenal of risk management,” Harvard Business Review, September 2008
“Owning the right risks” Harvard Business Review, September 2008
Past experience
| International Equity Partners |
COO |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
Corporate Attorney |
| Crimson & Brown Associates |
Co-founder and CFO |
Education
| Harvard University |
JD, AB in economics |