Une consultante McK secretaire d'état à la défense en Allemagne

26.05.2014 consultor.fr

Selon la presse allemande, Ursula von der Leyen, Ministre de la Défense va nommer Katrin Suder, 42 ans, responsable du bureau de Berlin de McKinsey et responsable en Allemagne de la practice secteur public, au poste de Secrétaire d'Etat à la Défense.

Il s'agit d'un choix fort de la Ministre, elle mise sur ses compétences en gestion de projet pour réorganiser et moderniser un ministère marqué par le scandale des drones inutilisables.

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source mckinsey.com

Katrin leads [McKinsey] Public Sector Practice in Germany. An expert in strategy, business technology, and operations, she works extensively with public-sector institutions, software and IT services providers, and telecommunications companies. She directs the McKinsey Center for Government’s work on employment and labor markets and is a member of the leadership team of the European Telecommunications Practice.

Among recent examples of her work, Katrin provided extensive support on strategy, operational performance, and IT strategy for a major public-sector agency in Germany. She worked with the client to identify trends affecting the employment landscape and potential strategic reactions to these trends. She also helped the client define its target IT architecture, improve operations using lean techniques, establish risk-management and support structures (including governance, budgeting, and HR processes) for a series of large projects, and develop and implement a strategy to quantify and respond to the effects of the economic crisis.

Katrin also supports performance-improvement and transformation programs across industries. She recently helped an IT and telecom service provider redefine its corporate and business unit strategies, refocus its solution portfolio and go-to-market approach, set up and launch a cost-reduction program, and develop an internationalization strategy. For an international mobile operator, she helped translate strategic objectives into budget and technology objectives, build a decision-rights model, and implement a brand-led growth transformation program that focused on customer satisfaction, retention, channels, and pricing.

Katrin has a PhD in physics and a bachelor’s degree in German literature and theater studies from the University of Bochum in Germany, as well as a master’s degree in physics from RWTH Aachen University. In her spare time, she acts and directs as part of a small theater group.