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 Rajat Gupta
Former Managing Director of McKinsey & Company
Surviving The Rollercoaster of Business
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Strategy: To create 'upturns' in times of 'downturns' - how to revitalize your organisational strategy to maintain growth during difficult economic times. |
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Style Matters: The economy's effect on your style of leadership - how altering management approach during economic waves can hinder or help your organisation |
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Avoiding Disaster: Leadership in times of crisis when both internal and external factors are against you, and how your management can save the day |
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Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Served as Managing Director of McKinsey Worldwide for nearly 10 years |
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During his time at McKinsey – Rajat worked with over 90 of the top 100 leading global organisations and over 70 of the Fortune Magazines ‘Most Admired’ list |
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Chairman of the Board of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
Rajat Kumar Gupta is former Managing Director and now the Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company. Mr Gupta is very active in many non-profit institutions focused on education, health and development. He served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on UN Reform, is an independent Director of Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, AMR Corporation, Qatar Financial Centre, and is the Chairman of the Board of Genpact and New Silk Route Private Equity. He is also on the Board of Rockefeller Foundation.
In his 34 year career in consulting, Mr Gupta has served many leading companies on a broad set of topics related to strategy, organization and operations. He has played a thought leadership role in organisational thinking throughout his career, and led the Organization Practice for the Firm. During his time at McKinsey – Mr Gupta worked with over 70% of Fortune Magazines ‘Most Admired’ list and with over 90 of the world’s top 100 global organisations.
He joined McKinsey & Company through the New York Office in 1973, assumed leadership of its Scandinavian Offices in 1981, and the Chicago Office in 1989. Mr Gupta then served as the Managing Director Worldwide of McKinsey from 1994 to 2003.
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