Detlev leads the Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice globally and serves clients in the airline, automotive, logistics, and mobility industries. He has worked extensively with leading multinational companies to implement strategies and transformations. He also coleads the firm’s crisis response and preparedness work.
Examples of Detlev’s recent client work include the following:
- designing and helping to implement large-scale programs to drive performance transformation, accelerated digitization, and improved productivity
- working with clients to transform their governance and create more agile and performance-oriented organizations
- shaping and implementing strategies to capture opportunities in future mobility and transportation
- supporting clients in effectively responding to large-scale crises and advising them on enhancing crisis preparedness
- helping clients to shape digital strategies, road maps, and governance
Detlev is passionate about working with leading institutions to help them transform and capture successfully the opportunities in future mobility and transportation. He has cofounded the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility and published research on the topic.
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“Vision automonous Fahren” [in German], Heinrich Böll Stiftung, March 2016
Published work
Building a transport system that works: Five insights from our 25-city report, McKinsey & Company, August 2021
“How Japan could reach carbon neutrality by 2050,” McKinsey & Company, August 2021
“Is the world up to the challenge of mass COVID-19 vaccination?,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
“Riding the next growth wave of logistics in India and China,” McKinsey & Company, October 2019
“The endgame for postal networks: How to win in the age of e-commerce,” McKinsey & Company, May 2019
“An integrated perspective on the future of mobility,” McKinsey & Company, October 2016
Education
University of St. Gallen
PhD, strategy
MBA