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Kunal Tara

PartnerBangkok

Leads McKinsey Transformation in Southeast Asia, serves clients on holistic transformations on growth, productivity, organization, and capability-building topics

Kunal is a partner based in McKinsey’s Bangkok office. He focuses on holistic transformations, helping clients sustainably accelerate their growth trajectory and reorient their operations to support ambitious goals.

Kunal is the leader of McKinsey Transformation in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on the real estate and infrastructure sectors across the region. Kunal’s expertise spans growth, productivity, organization, and capability building.

Examples of Kunal’s recent client work include:

  • leading a transformation for a Thailand-based OEM to double their revenue in three years while delivering higher profitability and new capabilities
  • leading a two-year digital transformation for a power sector player in Thailand to improve productivity and reduce operating costs
  • supporting a multi-country, multi-asset-class player on a comprehensive cost review to enable ROIC improvements
  • supporting a Vietnamese real estate developer with their growth transformation, building their growth strategy and improving monetization potential of their land parcel

Prior to joining McKinsey, Kunal had several years of on-the-ground project management experience with Alstom Power (now GE).

Publish Work

Putting renewable energy within reach: Vietnam’s high-stakes pivot,” McKinsey & Company, October 2023

Charting a path for Vietnam to achieve its net-zero goals,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022

Past Experience

Alstom Power (GE)
Gas turbine commissioning engineer

Education

Indian School of Business
MBA

Delhi College of Engineering
BEng, mechanical engineering