Andres leads McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance, Financial Services, and Public Sector Practices in Latin America and heads the McKinsey Center for Government in the region. He is a member of the McKinsey Global Institute Council, which advises MGI research on global economic, business, and technology trends, and directs the firm’s work in Latin America on sustainable cities and economic development.
Since joining McKinsey in 1997, Andres has led more than 250 client projects, with a focus on national and local governments, multilateral organizations, financial institutions, and consumer-goods companies. He recently helped a Latin American government create a strategic plan and set measurable targets for job creation, poverty alleviation, and reduction of street crime. Other recent projects include working with a Latin American government to analyze the country’s competitive position and develop a national strategy for several industry sectors, helping integrate two Latin American banks placed in government receivership in the wake of the global financial crisis, and supporting a Colombian bank as it designed and implemented a new commercial model.
Andres serves on the boards of a number of nonprofit organizations that focus on education, economic development, and social services in his native Colombia. He has spoken on finance and organization topics at several international conferences.
Published work
“Using a crisis nerve center to help reopen the economy,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020
“Restarting national economies during coronavirus, part two,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020
“Saving our livelihoods from COVID-19: Toward an economic recovery,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020
“How to restart national economies during the coronavirus crisis,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020
“Bringing major improvements to education in Colombia,” McKinsey & Company, May 2019
“Unlocking the economic potential of Central America and the Caribbean,” McKinsey & Company, April 2019
“Outperformers: High-growth emerging economies and the companies that propel them,” McKinsey Global Institute, September 2018
“How to counter three threats to growth in Latin America,” McKinsey Global Institute, April 2017
“Can Latin America reignite growth by connecting with consumers?,” McKinsey Global Institute, June 2016
“Innovation in government: Indonesia and Colombia,” McKinsey Quarterly, February 2012
“Fulfilling the promise of Latin America’s cities,” McKinsey Quarterly, August 2011
“Building globally competitive cities: The key to Latin American growth,” McKinsey Global Institute, August 2011
“Colombia’s lesson in economic development,” McKinsey Quarterly, July 2010
Past experience
Corporación Invertir en Colombia
Deputy director of projects
INVERLINK
Investment banking analyst
Education
University of Rochester
MBA
University of the Andes
BS, industrial engineering