Badrinath leads McKinsey's Strategy & Corporate Finance Practices in Southeast Asia. He has supported banks and financial institutions across the region as they have overhauled their processes, developed regional growth strategies, and driven performance transformation. In particular, he brings knowledge and deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in Vietnam and Indonesia.
His recent work includes the following:
- developing the strategy and business model for a multinational corporation to enter a new market segment in Indonesia
- several acquisitions and joint ventures end to end—from strategy to execution to value capture
- advising a highly successful Southeast Asian attacker bank in crafting its D-year corporate strategy
- assisting an attacker bank on strategy, organization, and transformation topics over the past 4 years
Published work
“Ten lessons for launching a greenfield digital banking business,” McKinsey & Company, October 2018
“Why Asia's banks underperform at M&A,” McKinsey & Company, May 2010
Past experience
UBS Investment Bank
Associate director
1997-2004
Education
Indian Institute of Management
MBA
St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
BA, economics