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AD Bhatia

Senior PartnerNew Jersey

A leader within McKinsey’s Transformation Practice, specializing in helping chief transformation officers, boards, and management teams with large-scale transformations across consumer goods and retail

AD is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Transformation Practice, leading the firm’s work in consumer goods and retail transformations in North America.

He has deep experience driving enterprise-wide transformations to lift the performance of organizations, helping them adapt to changing consumer conditions and increase their resilience to market fluctuations. He partners with clients to execute a range of value-creation efforts, from rapid cost reduction to long-term growth strategy and innovation. In addition, he regularly advises private equity investors on due diligence and portfolio company performance improvement programs.

He is an experienced counselor to CEOs, chief transformation officers (CTOs), boards, and senior executives on strategies to inspire cultural and operational change, create new ways of working, strengthen organizational capabilities, and foster buy-in from across every level of the organization.

AD resides in upstate New York, where he is an active outdoorsperson and supporter of local conservation organizations.

PUBLISHED WORK

What does the chief transformation officer do?” McKinsey & Company, December 2023

How companies can transform with workers’ insights,” McKinsey & Company, August 2023

Meet the newest member of the consumer C-suite: The chief transformation officer,” McKinsey & Company, December 2022

Transforming through disruption: A conversation with Dan Antonelli,” McKinsey & Company, January 2022

PAST EXPERIENCE

Night Agency
Finance & Business Development Manager

EDUCATION

Cornell University
BA, Management Information Systems

Columbia Business School
MBA