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Sherina Ebrahim

Senior PartnerNew Jersey

Leads our North American board services work, advising organizations on board effectiveness amid complex global change and the evolving role of the board; also helps consumer goods and medical device companies drive growth through strategic transformation, commercial excellence, and enterprise design

For over three decades, Sherina has advised North American clients on strategy, transformation, and organizational effectiveness. Her work spans defining enterprise and category strategies, shaping value creation stories for investors, and leading turnarounds that deliver both growth and margin expansion. She has supported companies in reshaping portfolios across products and geographies, building commercial capabilities, and accelerating growth through new and existing consumer segments, including digital channels.

She frequently advises on post-merger integrations, helping newly combined organizations define their vision, strategic priorities, culture, and change programs to realize full value. Her experience includes leading enterprise-wide transformations across functions and value levers, as well as designing organizational models across sales, marketing, and business development. Increasingly, she works with leadership teams to define AI and agentic roadmaps that unlock productivity and revenue growth, alongside change management programs that embed new ways of working and sustain impact.

She is a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders Council, which functions as the firm’s board of directors, and chairs its Risk, Audit, and Governance Committee.

Published work

The journey to agile: How companies can become faster, more productive, and more responsive,” McKinsey & Company, October 2020

The journey to an agile organization,” McKinsey & Company, May 2019

Agility: mindset makeovers are critical,” McKinsey & Company, April 2018

Past experience

American Express
Strategic planning

Andersen Consulting

Education

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
MBA, strategic management

Barnard College, Columbia University
BA, economics