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Ari Libarikian

Senior PartnerNew York

Advises companies on building thriving businesses, helping organizations to grow, improve business processes, and strengthen digital capabilities

As the global co-leader and North American leader of McKinsey's Insurance Practice, I specialize in helping leading companies across the insurance industry better serve customers, drive operational improvements, and grow sustainability in a changing global environment.

I serve clients spanning Personal and Commercial Lines P&C, to Life & Retirement players, to brokers, to disruptors and startups in Insurance, to private capital players with strategic focus in insurance.  My work spans all elements of the value-chain from Product Development, to distribution, to Underwriting and Claims Transformation, to Rewiring organizations, to developing strategies and helping drive growth.

I formerly founded and scaled the Leap by McKinsey practice globally, helping organizations develop holistic, well-structured approaches to business building and scaling. By combining the experimental nature of start-ups with the operational excellence of corporations, I helped create strong digital businesses.

Beyond my professional work, I serve on the boards of Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and the St. John’s School of Risk Management.

PAST EXPERIENCE

Nortel Networks
Optical networks engineer

Nokia Bell Labs (Lucent Technologies)
Research associate

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, computer science, electrical engineering

McGill University
BEng, electrical engineering