Noshir Kaka

Expertise

Sourcing, Business Technology, Service Operations

About Noshir

Noshir Kaka is managing director of McKinsey’s India offices and global leader of our Outsourcing and Offshoring Practice. He joined McKinsey in 1994, soon after the firm opened in India. Since then, he has helped build McKinsey into India’s preeminent consulting firm, playing an active role in the country's transformation and development, helping Indian companies win on the world stage, and growing the next generation of Indian leaders.

Noshir has worked across South Asia, the the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has helped major companies, public-sector institutions, and nonprofits develop strategies for growth, reshape their organisations, build their people’s capability, and improve operational performance.

Noshir contributes actively to the growth of India’s vibrant IT and business-process outsourcing (BPO) industries. Across the outsourcing landscape, he has helped over 100 global corporations develop and deliver their strategic plans and has served over a dozen governments to create valuable jobs and investments from the sector. Noshir has also helped several leading business houses in India professionalise and globalise their companies.

Underpinning his client work, Noshir has led several major knowledge initiatives, including the McKinsey-National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) reports on trends and future potential in India’s IT and BPO sectors, and McKinsey’s 360° initiative, a comprehensive benchmarking of service operations across IT, operations, and R&D. He speaks frequently at key industry forums, including those of the Confederation of Indian Industry and NASSCOM, and has served on the juries of several business media awards.

Noshir is passionate about developing tomorrow’s leaders—in McKinsey, its clients, and beyond. He was actively involved in the creation of the Indian School of Business, a joint initiative between McKinsey, Kellogg School of Management, London Business School, and the Wharton School to build a world-class business school in the Indian subcontinent. He is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organisation.