Steve Saxon

Steve joined McKinsey’s UK office in 2000 and transferred to Asia in 2005. He leads McKinsey’s Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice in China, and our travel work across Asia. Steve’s knowledge spans shipping business growth, ports, airline transformation and strategy, commercial airlines, logistics, urban transit, and China travel and tourism. He currently leads McKinsey’s knowledge development on the Chinese outbound tourist.

Examples of Steve’s recent client work include the following:

• developing the turnaround and restructuring plan for a Southeast Asian airline, including achieving significant savings on external spend, procurement, and leases
• supporting the launch of an innovative cruise product, attracting the Chinese consumer and winning international awards in its first year of operation
• helping a Chinese state-owned logistics organization over multiple years in its growth strategy and development, including helping the organization to integrate two major mergers successfully
• building an innovative joint-venture structure for Asian ports and terminals organizations, to improve efficiency and support competitiveness of the local port against regional peers
• supporting private equity investors on sector scans and due diligence, including in Chinese infrastructure, Southeast Asian logistics, and Asian aviation assets

Before joining McKinsey, Steve worked for the UK finance ministry and civil service. He is a sought-after travel and logistics expert, regularly quoted in mainstream media and invited to speak at shipping and airline conferences.