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MHI Leadership
Global leadership team

Drew Ungerman
Global Leader
Drew brings over 30 years’ experience working across the healthcare ecosystem, with a deep passion for helping people to thrive. He also leads the Firm’s global Healthcare Practice, where he is focused on helping shape the global healthcare system to improve holistic health.

Hemant Ahlawat
Global Leader
Hemant brings over 20 years’ experience in life sciences and the public and social sectors, with a focus on driving transformations in public health, education, and sustainable economic development. As a medical doctor who has worked in both primary and hospital care settings, he is passionate about every and any opportunity to make a difference in health.

Pooja Kumar
Global Leader
Pooja brings more than 15 years’ experience as a physician and global public health practitioner, with a focus on public health change programs and health systems performance transformations. She led the firm’s COVID response team and is passionate about expanding access to healthcare for individuals around the world.

Erica Coe
Global Leader
Erica brings nearly 20 years’ experience across public, private, and social sectors, with a focus on a holistic approach to care, including brain health and social determinants of health. She co-founded McKinsey’s Center for Societal Benefit through Healthcare, which has integrated into MHI.

Lars Hartenstein
Global Leader
Lars brings over 15 years’ experience in global health, life sciences, and impact finance, and is passionate about advancing societal impact by collaborating across sectors and stakeholders. He previously co-founded and co-led McKinsey’s European Social Sector Hub.

Kana Enomoto
Director of Brain Health
Kana is a global leader in behavioral health policy, programs, and innovation, who has dedicated her career to reducing the burden of mental illnesses and substance use disorders in the US and beyond. Kana co-founded McKinsey’s Center for Societal Benefit through Healthcare, which has integrated into MHI.

Jacqueline Brassey
Coleader, Employee Health
Jacqui is a core researcher and practitioner in the field of sustainable human development and performance. She is passionate about helping individuals and organizations thrive by promoting improved mental health, well-being, agility, and resilience.

Barbara Jeffery
Coleader, Employee Health
Barbara has 15 years’ experience working across public, private, and social sectors, with a focus on driving transformative journeys for people and organizations. She is passionate about health and improving employee and organizational health and well-being.

Madeline Maud
Coleader, Healthy Aging
Madeline brings nearly a decade of experience across public, private, and social sectors, with a focus on helping mission-driven organizations better serve their communities through data-driven insights. She is passionate about global healthy aging and shaping a future that drives growth and improvement in health and aged care outcomes.

Ulrike Deetjen
Coleader, Prevention & Promotion
Ulrike brings deep experience in the healthcare industry, primarily focused on health ecosystems and healthcare business building. She is passionate about global health prevention and promotion.

Alexandru Degeratu
Director of Research
Alexandru brings 30 years of academic and business experience in designing, managing, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative research to inform policy making and managerial decisions. He believes social health is a key engine for mental and physical health.

Kate Midden
Head of Communications & Engagement
Kate brings more than a dozen years’ experience working at the intersection of communications, media, and advocacy on behalf of civil society organizations, government, academia, think tanks, and the press. She has dedicated her career to the equitable advancement of holistic health and well-being through her work in the global health, development and humanitarian sectors.

Elizabeth Newman
Executive Editor
Elizabeth has spent her career focused on making health topics understandable in written communications. A former journalist, she is passionate about how to convey insights around topics such as aging, mental health, health equity, and preventive care.

Kirsten Westhues
Head of Global Operations
Kirsten brings more than 20 years of experience working in management consulting, and was most recently Director of Strategy & Operations for McKinsey's Global Life Sciences Practice. She is passionate about digital health in particular, and the ability it brings to improve access to and experience of healthcare. Kirsten is the founder of McKinsey's global Health Tech Network.
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