Pharmaceutical and Medical Products
Ajay Dhankar
Ajay Dhankar is a Director in McKinsey & Company's New Jersey office. He serves a range of pharmaceutical clients on a variety of topics. Ajay holds a PhD in Molecular Biophysics from Yale University.
Michael Edwards
Michael Edwards is a Principal in McKinsey & Company's London office. He has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry in both Europe and the US. Michael has worked with clients on a wide range of topics in both sales and marketing and R&D. He has also worked with NGOs and charities on the provision of healthcare in the developing world.
Laura Furstenthal
Laura Furstenthal is a Principal in McKinsey & Company’s Silicon Valley office and a leader of the West Coast Healthcare Practice. She serves healthcare clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors across the US, Europe, and Japan on a range of strategic, organizational, and operational issues. Laura is a regular speaker at conferences and academic institutions and has published several articles in scientific journals. She holds an AB in Biology from Harvard University and a PhD in Cancer Biology from Stanford University.
Dr. Mubasher Sheikh
Dr. Mubasher Sheikh is a Principal in the London office of McKinsey & Company. He co-leads our European R&D practice. He has worked on numerous strategy, performance improvement, and organizational studies for clients across a wide range of industries, with an emphasis on healthcare.
Tony Tramontin
Tony Tramontin is a Principal in McKinsey & Company's New York office. He serves Biopharmaceutical R&D clients on a range of strategic, organizational, and operational issues. Before joining McKinsey, Tony was an experimental neuroscientist at the Rockfeller University and the University of California, San Francisco.
Jay Chiang
Jay Chiang is an Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office. He serves pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare tool clients across the US and Japan. He has served clients across a wide range of topics though has a passion for helping them with R&D-related issues. Prior to joining to McKinsey, Jay worked for 8 years at a number of public biotech companies holding a variety of management positions including his most recent position of Senior Director of R&D and product development. He holds a BS in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Chemistry from The Scripps Research Institute.
Daniel Simon
Daniel Simon is an Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company's pharmaceutical R&D Practice, based in the London office. He focusses on high-priority R&D topics such as R&D productivity, emerging technologies, emerging markets and organisational excellence. Daniel has a MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from Wharton.
Tejash Shah
Dr. Tejash Shah is an Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company's New York Office and manages the SuccessLab and Clinical Trial Impact service lines. During his tenure with McKinsey, Tej has served numerous pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device clients on a range of R&D topics. Tej has an MA in Economics from Boston University and an MD from Albert Einstein Medical College.
High Technology and Industrial
Wouter Aghina
Wouter Aghina is an Principal in McKinsey & Company’s Amsterdam office and a co-leader of the firm’s global knowledge development on innovation and product development. He serves clients in the high tech sector and technology functions in other industries with a focus on R&D strategy and operations, strategic marketing, M&A, and leadership. Before joining McKinsey, Wouter worked as a researcher at Renault and Forrester Research. He holds a Master's in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, a Master's in Strategic Marketing Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, and an MBA from INSEAD.
Marc de Jong
Marc J. M. de Jong is a Principal in McKinsey & Company’s Amsterdam office, the leader of the Benelux High Tech Practice, and the coordinator of the Benelux Strategy Practice. Further, Marc co-leads the firm’s global knowledge development on innovation. He serves clients in high-tech and other technology-related industries, focusing on strategy, M&A, organization, R&D, and operations. Before joining McKinsey, Marc worked as a research scientist at Philips Electronics. He holds a Master's in Applied Physics from Delft University of Technology and a PhD in Physics from Leiden University.
Frieda van Belle
Frieda van Belle is an Associate in McKinsey & Company’s Amsterdam office. She serves clients on R&D and strategic issues. She has been instrumental in the SuccessLab approach, developing and validating the key success factors with top academics and world-class industrial research laboratories. Frieda holds a Master in Theoretical Physics from the Cambridge and Utrecht Universities and a PhD in Applied Physics from Cambridge University