Jonathan is the leader of our Public Sector Practice and leads teams in Australia, Europe, and the United Kingdom to address strategic, operational, organizational, and financial challenges. Increasingly, this involves building functional expertise in finance, procurement, workforce, digital, and analytics.
Jonathan works with a wide variety of government departments, agencies, and private-sector partners to improve the quality of services and deliver better value to the taxpayers, drawing on international experience and insights from the McKinsey Center for Government and from the firm’s private-sector work.
Jonathan has a global leadership role in public finance, working with colleagues to bring McKinsey’s expertise to clients in finance, tax, customs, welfare, and public assets.
Outside his client work, Jonathan publishes research on economic growth, industrial clusters, and city development, in collaboration with the McKinsey Global Institute and leading academics. In a voluntary capacity, he set up Clinic Africa and supports Grief Encounter and World Jewish Relief.
Published work
“Adapting tax collection for uncertain times,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020
“When governments go remote,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020
“How smart choices on taxation can help close the growing fiscal gap,” McKinsey & Company, November 2019
“The future of work: Rethinking skills to tackle the UK’s looming talent shortage,” McKinsey & Company, November 2019
“Building agility in the British Army’s headquarters,” McKinsey & Company, October 2019
“Spending reviews: A more powerful approach to ensuring value in public finances,” McKinsey & Company, March 2019
“Solving the United Kingdom’s productivity puzzle in a digital age,” McKinsey Global Institute, September 2018
“The opportunity in government productivity,” McKinsey & Company, April 2017
“London 2036: An Agenda for Jobs and Growth,” London First, London Enterprise Panel, January 2017
“Productivity: The route to Brexit success,” McKinsey & Company, December 2016
Past experience
Dr Foster
Sales director
Quadriga Worldwide
Retail director
Quadriga
Head of strategy and new business
Smallbone of Devizes
Commercial director
Education
London Business School
MBA, finance
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MSc, economics
University of Cambridge, Trinity College
MA, economics