Cristina is a partner in McKinsey’s Milan office and a leader in the firm’s product development and procurement work. She advises clients on indirect spend optimization strategies across sectors, with a focus on financial services. Cristina is passionate about using data and AI to improve decision-making, strengthen supplier ecosystems, embed sustainability, and protect margins, and she leads efforts to develop the next generation of procurement leaders.
Examples of Cristina’s recent client work include:
• leading a data-driven procurement cost optimization program spanning capability building and cost management operating-model assessment for a major European banking group
• spearheading the capability-building program for the procurement organization of a major European banking group
• driving a procurement cost optimization program for three mid-sized European banks
• leading a procurement cost optimization assessment for a European payment operator
• optimizing spend across multiple categories for several banks and financial institutions, including indirect categories such as travel, postage, building maintenance, security, insurance, marketing, energy, credit information, and cleaning
• leading multiple cross-sector procurement optimization programs, including procurement function 360-degree assessment, cost optimization, capability building, and organization redesign.
Cristina holds a double master’s degree in international business from the University of Venice and ESCP Business School as well as an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid.