Solveigh Hieronimus is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, based in Germany. She co-leads McKinsey’s global Center for Government (MCG) and predominantly serves clients in the Public Sector (Governments, Multilaterals) as well as in heavily regulated industries (Energy, Infrastructure, Finance) on topics covering digital & data strategies, sustainability, and innovation/growth.
She is also a member of both McKinsey's Sustainability and People & Organizational Performance Practices and serves on the council of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), where she focusses her work on the acceleration of the twin-transition in sustainability and digital at the intersection of regulation and growth.
Solveigh’s main professional interests lie at the heart of the EU with all its opportunities and current challenges — supporting European governments, EU institutions and pan-European corporations on some of their highest priority topics for Europe's competitiveness, innovation and long-term prosperity.
Solveigh is a Young Global Leader (YGL) at the World Economic Forum, a member of the Trilateral Commission and serves on the European Commission's high-level expert panel for the Future of Work. She is also a regular panelist and speaker e.g., at the OECD, DLD and the Chatham House Conference.
Prior to joining McKinsey, she held various positions at the United Nations, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. Solveigh studied in Oxford, Madrid and Paris and has a M.Sc. in Economics and a Diplôme de Grande Ecole from ESCP-EAP European School of Management. In addition, she holds a Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) with focus on Public Finance, Development Economics and Security Policy from Columbia University in New York.