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Andrés Gelerstein Waisbein

PartnerSantiago

Leading large-scale business transformations across Latin America and North America, with a focus on finance, integration, organizational design, and performance management

Andrés is a partner in McKinsey's Santiago office and a leader of the firm's Transformation Practice in Latin America, focused on helping organizations capture value at scale and build the capabilities to sustain it.

Since joining McKinsey in New York in 2018 and moving to Santiago in 2020, Andrés has worked with executive teams across North and Latin America on the toughest parts of transformation: setting the strategic agenda, restructuring the organization, integrating functions, and embedding the governance models that make change stick

His recent client work includes:

  • Leading enterprise-wide transformation programs across the region, with a focus on finance, integration, and performance
  • Redesigning organizations to improve efficiency, decision flows, and role clarity
  • Building governance and management models that drive accountability and lasting impact
  • Partnering with executive teams to prioritize and execute the highest-value initiatives
  • Standing up transformation offices and internal change-management capabilities
  • Guiding functional and financial integration during M&A, expansion, or restructuring
  • Developing leadership, performance-management, and cross-functional planning capabilities
  • Embedding technology and AI into operating models and core processes to accelerate value capture
  • Sharpening decision-making across the organization through stronger management cadences, data, and executive dashboards

PAST EXPERIENCE

Philippi, Prietocarrizosa, Ferrero Du & Uría
Tax attorney

EY Consulting
Tax attorney

EDUCATION

Columbia University – Graduate School of Business
MBA

Universidad de Chile
JD