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Bharath Kumaran

PartnerSingapore

Leads McKinsey’s work in private equity and banking in Southeast Asia

Bharath leads McKinsey’s work in private equity in the Southeast Asian region. He also helps leading financial-service institutions achieve end-to-end transformation.

Examples of Bharath’s recent client work include the following:

  • serving a large private-equity company in Southeast Asia to identify value-creation opportunities across its portfolio
  • turning a regional bank’s loss-making subsidiary around in Thailand and helping it to achieve $100 million in profit before taxes
  • helping a regional bank to identify $500 million in productivity opportunities across its regional footprint
  • assisting a leading conglomerate in Vietnam to develop a five-year fintech strategy

Past experience

IFC
Investment analyst

Education

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
MBA

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BTech, mechanical engineering, operations research