Shirish is a senior partner at McKinsey based in Mumbai, serving companies in restructuring and transformation, energy and basic materials, and infrastructure.
In over 24 years at McKinsey, Shirish has worked on the transformation and turnarounds of companies and has helped them achieve significant and sustained performance improvements, often multiplying their market value and scaling up significantly. Over the last few years, Shirish has been leading McKinsey’s restructuring and transformation services (RTS) work in the region.
In addition to serving companies, Shirish is passionate on the topics of economic growth and urbanization in India. He has worked with state and central governments on urbanization policies and the development of new cities. He has been closely involved with the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on economic research, including shaping the agenda on MGI’s global council.
Shirish has authored several landmark reports on India’s economic growth and the challenges of urbanization. His latest work includes coauthoring MGI's report ‘India’s turning point: an economic agenda to spur growth and jobs’, which highlights the actions needed to return the economy to a high-growth path and create gainful jobs for 90 million workers by 2030.