Jukka is a senior partner in McKinsey's Helsinki office and the global co-leader of the firm's Global Energy & Materials practice. He also serves on McKinsey's Shareholders Council, the firm's global governance board.
With a strong focus on transformations and strategic initiatives, Jukka supports clients across a wide range of industries—including power generation, mining, oil and gas, chemicals and agriculture, paper and packaging, machinery and advanced industries, and construction. Over the course of his time at McKinsey, he has led more than 500 client engagements across six continents, driving large-scale, high-impact transformations around the world.
Recent examples of Jukka'ss client projects include the following:
- leading a technology assessment and business-case development for a large, 100 percent renewable-energy system and developing a plan to establish a new greenfield city for one million people
- guiding the turnaround of a major global oil-and-gas company
- designing the green economy strategy with concrete action plans for a large CO2 emitter
- supporting the development of a bio-based fuel company’s expansion strategy
- acting as a project director and ramp-up manager for nine months for a large mine
- developing the agricultural strategy for a country, which included key inputs, target product mix and regulation, as well as incentives to encourage development and lead flagship projects in dairy and wheat-based value chains
- supporting several energy-transition engagements, such as the construction of a 40-gigawatt solar and wind energy system and the necessary supply chain from the outset
- developing the end-to-end digital transformation from diagnostic phase to building, operating, transferring, and implementation phases across four business units
- supporting large-scale capital projects in designing a value-maximizing setup, including the prefeasibility, feasibility, and execution phases, helping turn around two problematic projects in the execution phase
Before joining McKinsey, Jukka worked as part of the commodity-trading team for a leading Nordic bank and part of the strategy team of a global engineering company.
Jukka’s roots are in Northeast Finland, and he loves the wilderness with forests, swamps, and lakes where he gets to relax and can connect with the land and his family.