Since joining McKinsey in 2008, Dorothee has worked with a broad range of automotive and industrials sector clients. She partners with executives to evaluate portfolio strategies, shape and drive transformational performance improvements, and lead operating model transitions. In all her work, she helps companies develop winning growth strategies and then drive the initiatives required to reach and sustain stronger performance levels.

Dorothee leads McKinsey’s industrials sector in Europe and coleads it globally. This effort focuses on offering targeted advisory support to industrial companies in securing their European competitiveness. In this role, Dorothee also leads our collaboration with the Industrials Industry Association in Europe.

Examples of her recent client work include:

• leading a holistic transformation for a machinery company delivering a sustainable 5-percentage-point EBITDA improvement
• supporting a midsize industrials company in developing a pragmatic growth strategy, including prioritizing options and creating a hands-on implementation road map
• redesigning the operating model and governance structures of a family-owned industrials company