Katy George
McKinsey Company Inc
Director
Katy George is a Director in McKinsey & Company’s New Jersey office. Katy is the co-leader of McKinsey’s global Manufacturing Practice. Katy is also a member of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Operations leadership team.
A 17-year veteran of McKinsey, Katy’s experience has focused on healthcare supply chain, manufacturing and quality, though Katy has also worked with healthcare companies on corporate strategy and commercial effectiveness. Katy has worked with both pharmaceutical and medical device companies in setting Operations strategy, defining and launching new Operations organization structures and operating models, and optimizing supply and manufacturing performance to lower cost and improve service and market access. Katy leads McKinsey’s Quality Roundtables in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and has led multi-client benchmarking for issues related to quality and compliance. Katy also advises companies in the consumer, food and high-tech sectors on Quality topics, based on learnings from healthcare.
Katy currently serves on the board of Episcopal Relief & Development, a non-profit organization that supports local, long-term initiatives addressing poverty, hunger, disease, economic development, and disaster response around the world. Prior to joining McKinsey, Katy worked as an associate analyst at National Economic Research Associates. She holds a high honors degree in economics and government from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University. Her doctoral work focused on factory management and supply chain improvements in the assembly industries.
A 17-year veteran of McKinsey, Katy’s experience has focused on healthcare supply chain, manufacturing and quality, though Katy has also worked with healthcare companies on corporate strategy and commercial effectiveness. Katy has worked with both pharmaceutical and medical device companies in setting Operations strategy, defining and launching new Operations organization structures and operating models, and optimizing supply and manufacturing performance to lower cost and improve service and market access. Katy leads McKinsey’s Quality Roundtables in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and has led multi-client benchmarking for issues related to quality and compliance. Katy also advises companies in the consumer, food and high-tech sectors on Quality topics, based on learnings from healthcare.
Katy currently serves on the board of Episcopal Relief & Development, a non-profit organization that supports local, long-term initiatives addressing poverty, hunger, disease, economic development, and disaster response around the world. Prior to joining McKinsey, Katy worked as an associate analyst at National Economic Research Associates. She holds a high honors degree in economics and government from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University. Her doctoral work focused on factory management and supply chain improvements in the assembly industries.