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Mark Collins

PartnerBay Area

Advises leading telecom and high-tech companies globally with a focus on unlocking transformative growth organically and inorganically

Mark is a partner in McKinsey’s global Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice, based in San Francisco. He advises leading institutions across North America, Asia, and Europe, predominantly in the telecommunications and high-tech sectors, with a focus on driving transformative growth.

Mark has extensive experience collaborating with executives to unlock transformative growth both organically and inorganically. He brings an end-to-end perspective across the value chain, with deep expertise in go-to-market strategies and M&A. Drawing on this background, he leads the firm’s efforts to accelerate revenue growth for B2B companies across all industry sectors in North America.

Examples of Mark’s recent client work include:

  • leading a revenue acceleration program for a major global high-tech company
  • delivering a comprehensive sales transformation for a top international B2B telecom operator
  • driving a company-wide transformation at a North American telecom operator to achieve significant improvements in customer experience, profitability, and efficiency
  • building a new data platform to enable faster, more effective AI-powered campaigns for a North American B2B telecom operator
  • deploying advanced analytics at a leading telecom operator to enable detailed segmentation and targeting of B2B customers, supported by a shift to an agile campaign model
  • leading a large-scale M&A program for a top global tech company
  • conducting commercial due diligence on a target for a global private equity fund
  • defining a comprehensive transformation plan for a leading global satellite operator
  • assisting in the design of an IoT strategy for a North American telecom operator seeking to accelerate growth
Mark has over a decade of experience working with companies across Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Australasia.

 

PUBLISHED WORK

IoT comes of age,” McKinsey & Company, March 2022

IoT value set to accelerate through 2030: Where and how to capture it,” McKinsey & Company, November 2021

Are you ready for 5G?” McKinsey & Company, February 2018

EDUCATION

Imperial College of Sciences, Technology and Medicine, University of London
MSc, management

Temple University
LLM, law

National University of Ireland
BCL, law