Alexander Aptekman

Partner, Moscow

Leads projects on IT strategy development, organizational design, and operations optimization for clients in a variety of industries.

About Alexander

Before joining the Moscow office in 2008, Alexander was based in McKinsey’s Stockholm branch.

Alexander is co-leader of McKinsey’s Telecom Operations and Technologies practice in Europe.

Examples of recent projects:

Implementation of transformations to improve efficiency in the Russian division of a leading global telecoms company;
Implementation of large-scale operational transformations in several banks and telecoms companies;
Execution of one of the biggest deals in Europe in the field of IT outsourcing, covering software design and support and creation of infrastructure;
Design of a supplier sourcing strategy for several large telecoms companies and banks;
Post-merger management of companies in the telecoms and banking sectors.

Alexander coauthored the McKinsey report "Digital Russia: new reality".

Prior to joining McKinsey, Alexander headed up GEKKO, a Swedish payment services start-up.

Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden)
B.Sc. in software development

Cambridge University
M.Phil. in management