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Nicola Sandri

Senior Partner, Milan

Leads McKinsey’s Infrastructure sector globally and the Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice in Europe; advises leading transport and infrastructure organizations on large-scale transformations, with a focus on international expansion and technology-enabled growth

About Nicola

Nicola is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Milan office. He leads the firm’s Infrastructure sector globally and the Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice in Europe.

Nicola advises leading organizations on end-to-end transformations, with a particular focus on international expansion and technology-enabled growth. He helps operators and investors generate additional value by accelerating growth, capturing opportunities from digital technologies, and optimizing major investment programs. He brings extensive experience in strategy, transformation, and performance improvement.

Examples of Nicola’s recent client work include:

  • designing and implementing a multiyear transformation for a major passenger-transport operator, focusing on digital transformation and international expansion
  • defining a smart-mobility and e-mobility growth strategy for a leading global OEM
  • designing and implementing value-creation plans for portfolio companies of major infrastructure funds through capital excellence and tech-enabled programs
  • developing the business plan for a leading smart-infrastructure company, identifying initiatives with the potential to triple revenues
  • guiding a major European airport through a large-scale infrastructure investment program, resulting in a 15 percent improvement in time and budget performance
  • defining and implementing the strategy, growth plan, and privatization business plan for a major travel-retail company, contributing to a doubling of profitability

Before joining McKinsey, Nicola taught business and management at Politecnico di Milano.

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Education

Polytechnic University of Milan
BA, business engineering