The fourth and final issue celebrating McKinsey Quarterly’s 60th birthday explores the future of our place on the planet—and how companies can help mitigate and abate the effects of a changing environment. Get to know the minds behind the articles featured in this special issue, which includes “How incumbents can succeed in climate-driven growth investments,” an interview with the CEO of Tata Steel, and more. Plus, stay tuned for our upcoming interactive on how incumbent companies can make successful climate tech investments. This, along with all of our “Q60” content, is available when you sign up for a free digital Quarterly membership.
Adam Barth, Houston
Adam serves private and public sector energy leaders on future growth, decarbonization, capital productivity, and operational transformations. His deep experience in the private energy sector informs his views on how to help public and private sector leaders design and deliver on their strategies. He currently leads McKinsey’s transmission and distribution work globally, supporting clients through grid-related challenges, as well as the firm’s public sector energy and sustainability work in North America.
Featured article: Rethinking your company’s clean-power strategy
Daniele Chiarella, Zurich
Daniele has worked on a wide variety of strategic, organizational, operational, and business-building projects for investment banking clients since joining the firm in 1998. Recent client engagements include advising multiple leading European banking firms on strategy, organizational restructuring, and business process reviews. As a chartered financial analyst, he has worked with several universal and global investment banks on wholesale banking strategy and implementation in the capital markets, investment banking, and securities services business units (both front and back office).
Featured article: How circularity can make the built environment more sustainable
Anna Granskog, Helsinki
Anna leads the European Green Business Building work as part of McKinsey Sustainability, helping clients build new businesses based on climate technologies. She brings deep expertise in electricity, basic materials, engineering, and consumer and retail sectors, advising clients on strategy and organizational topics. Anna is part of the leadership group of the European Electric Power & Natural Gas (EPNG) Practice. She also coleads the EPNG market perspectives and regulatory management work and is one of our global experts in biomass energy.
Featured article: How incumbents can succeed in climate-driven growth investments
Rajat Gupta, Mumbai
Since joining McKinsey in 1992, Rajat has taken on several critical roles at the firm, from leading the energy and materials sector in Asia to helming various high-profile, digital-first operational transformations, as well as spearheading the Sustainability Practice in Asia. He is passionate about helping companies take effective measures to remove carbon from across their business processes and has helped set up India’s National Solar Mission, often considered to be one of the country’s biggest contributions to the decarbonization movement.
Featured article: ‘Steel is part of the problem but is also part of the solution’: A conversation with Tata Steel’s T. V. Narendran
Stefan Helmcke, Vienna
Stefan is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Vienna, Austria, office as well as managing partner for McKinsey Austria. He is the global head of McKinsey’s Energy and Materials sector and works on issues related to the energy transition and sustainability. Stefan is also coleader of McKinsey’s global Sustainability Practice and is responsible for sustainability strategy and environmental, social, and corporate governance. He has advised companies in the energy and infrastructure sectors on strategy and transformation issues for nearly 25 years.
Featured article: Understanding the price of decarbonization
Olivia White, Bay Area
Olivia is a senior partner and a director of the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm’s business and economics research arm. She advises leading financial institutions and other global firms on a wide range of issues across strategy, growth, and risk and resilience. She draws on expertise across scenario analysis, advanced analytics and model risk, effectiveness and efficiency, organization and talent, culture, and other areas. She also supports major philanthropies and others in their work on economic development and inclusion globally.
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