Nimal is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Malaysia office, for which he was formerly the managing partner. With almost 25 years of consulting experience, he has worked extensively on building McKinsey’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice, as well as its business building capabilities. Nimal now co-leads McKinsey’s Telecom Practice for Asia.
He joined McKinsey in 2001 in New York and moved to Southeast Asia in 2006, developing deep insights across emerging and developed markets. Nimal’s recent focus involves the firm’s AI and digital work across sectors in Southeast Asia.
Examples of Nimal’s recent work include:
- developing marketing strategies and transformation programs for consumer-facing clients in Southeast Asia, with a focus on AI-enabled customer lifecycle management, pricing, and acquisition
- developing sustainability and climate resilience strategies and roadmaps for utility clients, and accelerating execution
- rolling out distributor networks and implementing distribution-management systems to optimize third-party channel structure and performance, including micromarket programs and frontline-sales stimulation
- driving infrastructure projects throughout their lifecycle across a range of infrastructure categories in emerging markets
- driving operational improvements for semiconductor foundries in Asia and Europe, assessing all wafer-fabrication operations, including process complexity, yield management, efficiencies, and factor costs
- developing mobile-internet, mobile-commerce, and mobile-advertising platforms and strategies