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Frédéric Lefort

Partner, Gothenburg

Advises and serves clients in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and automotive sectors

About Frederic

Frédéric is an expert partner based in the Gothenburg office in Sweden, who has worked with some of the world’s leading companies in the consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical industries.

Some examples of Frédéric’s work include participating in the design of a global digital and analytics manufacturing transformation program at scale—including a full lighthouse plant transformation—for a global pharmaceuticals company, and defining and implementing a global manufacturing excellence program across the network of a major consumer goods company, leading to the design of a cross sector and global production system.

Frédéric holds a mechanical engineering degree from the Institute of National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) in Lyon. French is his native language and he also speaks fluent English, Swedish, and conversational German.

Expertise

Published Work

“Transforming factories: The power of continuous, connected insights,” McKinsey & Company, May 2026

“From pilots to performance: How COOs can scale AI in manufacturing,” McKinsey & Company, December 2025

“Capturing the true value of Industry 4.0,” McKinsey & Company, April 2022

“Preparing for the next normal via digital manufacturing’s scaling potential,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020

“Secrets of successful change implementation,” McKinsey & Company, October 2017

“Mastering the enablers of a sustained digital journey,” McKinsey & Company, April 2017

“Breakthrough technologies fundamentally change the game,” McKinsey & Company, April 2017

Education

INSA
MSc, mechanical engineering