Sebastian is a partner in our Munich office and a leader of McKinsey’s Platform for Climate Technology (MPCT). Sebastian has more than 10 years of experience in the industrial and machinery sectors, as well as in serving climate technology companies in hydrogen, battery, carbon capture, industrial heat pumps, synthetic fuels, and energy storage on strategy, growth, and operations excellence topics.
Besides serving his clients in Europe, he spends a significant share of his time in the United States, and Asia.
Examples of his recent client work include the following:
- shaping the green transformation of a combustion engine and gas turbine OEM including setting up new businesses in electrolysis, carbon capture, energy storage, heat pumps, and green fuels
- leading the international growth business building for a battery equipment manufacturer
- leading the 2035 growth strategy development for a global building technology provider
- scaling an electrolyzer business end-to-end including strategy, sales, R&D, and organizational setup leading to a EUR 500 million investment
- conducting various climate technology M&A and investment studies (incl. VDDs, equity story, CDDs)
- developing a battery-market entry strategy based on an end-to-end value chain assessment
- conducting economic and technological assessments along key climate tech components (e.g., bipolar plates, catalysts, membranes)
- shaping platform modularization programs at several European machinery companies