Sanjay is a senior partner and the managing partner of McKinsey’s Houston office, where he focuses on working with energy companies and private equity firms. He also leads the firm's Oil & Gas Practice in the Americas.
Examples of Sanjay’s recent work include:
- evaluating purchases of over 50 oil and gas assets by investors
- setting up and running the war room for the operational and political response to a major operational disruption for a major mining company
- organizing the root cause analysis and a long-term operational transformation following a string of accidents for a large, global transportation company
- leading the carve out and subsequent merger integration of an oil field services business
- building a safety and operational risk management organization for an international oil and gas company
- developing a turnaround and risk management plan for an energy trading business
- conducting due diligence on a fuel logistics company
- developing a long term energy demand forecast for a large US city
Outside McKinsey, Sanjay has worked as a private equity investor at a global growth equity firm and as a consultant in Peru for a not-for-profit firm focused on building agricultural businesses in the developing world.
In his spare time, he serves on the boards of KIPP Houston Public Schools and Venture for America.
Published work
“Are you prepared for a corporate crisis?” McKinsey Quarterly, April 2017
“North American oil and gas: Caveat emptor,” McKinsey & Company, June 2015
Past experience
Technoserve
Consultant
General Atlantic Partners
Private equity investor
Education
Harvard Business School
MBA
University of Virginia
BA, economics