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Julia Klier

Senior PartnerMunich

Advises governmental and private-sector clients on a wide range of topics with a focus on migration, labor market strategies, higher education, and digitization.

Julia is a leader in our People & Organizational Performance Practice where she works on major performance transformations, building organizational competencies, and developing personnel strategies in both the private and public sectors globally. She helps clients from the public and private sectors on labor market strategies, migration management, higher education, and digitization to drive large-scale performance transformations. Her primary professional interests lie at the intersection of these topics and digitization.

As a thought leader, Julia publishes extensively on these topics, both at McKinsey and in academic contexts, and has received numerous awards, such as 100 Women of Tomorrow and Researcher of the Year.

Before joining McKinsey, she held various positions, including roles at leading multinational technology companies in Zurich and Singapore.

Publications

Giving sustainability the executive attention it needs,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, December 2024

Government data management for the digital age,” McKinsey & Company, September 2021

Government 4.0 - The public sector in the digital age,” McKinsey & Company, March 2018

Digitizing the state: Five tasks for national governments,” McKinsey & Company, November 2017

Europe's new refugees: A road map for better Integration outcomes,” McKinsey & Company, December 2016

How business and government can bring young people into work,” McKinsey & Company, February 2015

Education

University of Augsburg
PhD in Business Informatics

Technical University of Munich and University of Augsburg
Master of Science with honors, Finance and Information Management

Technical University of Munich and University of Augsburg
Bachelor's degree in Finance and Information Management

University of Augsburg
Undergraduate Diploma in Business Administration