Welcome to McKinsey Switzerland

We help organizations make distinctive and lasting changes to their performance.

Working at the heart of the world’s most competitive economy, we serve clients in both the private and public sectors on challenges in strategy, operations, organization, and technology. Our offices are located in Zurich and Geneva, and our consultants work across the dynamic financial, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing sectors. At a 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 country’s most pressing issues.

50+

years ago

McKinsey opened its first office in Switzerland

40+

languages

are spoken by our people

1000+

client engagements

completed in the last ten years in Switzerland

Our people

Felix Wenger
Managing Partner, Zurich
Leads McKinsey’s work in Switzerland, advises Europe’s leading banks on corporate and investment banking, wealth management,...
Laura Bremme
Partner, Zurich
Supports the leaders of pharmaceutical, generics, medical-device, and animal-health companies as they set strategy, boost commercial...
Marco Ziegler
Senior Partner, Zurich
Serves companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and advanced industries, with a particular focus on operations, digital transformations,...
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Careers

Working in Switzerland

A career at McKinsey is an opportunity to work with remarkable people, help shape growth, build important institutions in Switzerland—and learn and grow constantly. We offer a variety of paths for students, graduates and experienced professionals.
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Featured initiatives

Swiss Institute of International Studies

Founded in 1943, the Swiss Institute of International Studies is a politically and economically independent center of excellence based in Zurich, Switzerland. With its events, the institute seeks to serve as a platform for critical debate and thought leadership on current world topics, attracting world-renowned and top-class guest speakers from the fields of politics, business, academia, and culture.

Learn more on the Swiss Institute of International Studies site

WORLDWEBFORUM

McKinsey is excited to support the WORLDWEBFORUM as a knowledge partner. As Switzerland’s largest digital transformation conference, the WORLDWEBFORUM is a visionary platform for the global digital community, featuring high-profile executives from some of the world’s biggest tech companies. This collaboration enables us to showcase internationally the many ways in which our Firm has expanded its digital and analytics capabilities.

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Venture

Venture is a competition designed to help budding Swiss entrepreneurs develop promising ideas into business plans—and ultimately into 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.
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Bookbridge

In partnership with Ashoka, McKinsey supports Bookbridge in building new learning centers to bring quality education to people in need. We also provide real-life case studies for its Capability Program, which helps emerging leaders learn skills such as project planning, working with multiple stakeholders, and leading diverse teams in different cultural contexts.
Learn more on the Bookbridge site

The EspeRare Foundation

This nonprofit organization collaborates with patient groups and stakeholders to identify pharmacotherapies to alleviate rare diseases. Its approach is centered on patient engagement, with the goal of providing universal access to these new medicines. We helped EspeRare develop a business model, innovative value proposition, growth priorities, and methodology to assess its impact on public health.
Learn more on the Esperare Foundation site

Generation

This is the first program from the McKinsey Social Initiative, the firm’s nonprofit organization. It aims to improve the employment prospects for youth by presenting new ways to develop skills and job readiness for high-growth industries like healthcare, technology, customer service, sales and retail, and skilled trades. With programs in five countries, Generation’s initial goal is to connect one million young people with skills and jobs by 2020.
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Featured insights

Report

Reinforcing Switzerland’s attractiveness to multinational companies
– Switzerland could reestablish itself as the leading location for multinationals by reviving its business-friendly and pragmatic mind-set.
Article

Fast transit: Why urban e-buses lead electric-vehicle growth
– Looking for the most successful electric-vehicle segment? Take the e-bus.
Article

No time to waste: What plastics recycling could offer
– Plastics waste is hurting the chemical industry as well as the environment. By taking the lead on recycling, chemical players... could add a new dimension to the industry and help solve the problem.
Article

Agile in the consumer-goods industry: The transformation of the brand manager
– In the consumer-goods sector, agile ways of working aren’t an all-or-nothing proposition. Success depends on knowing where... and how to deploy them.
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