Katy George is McKinsey’s Chief People Officer and a leader in the firm’s Operations Practice. In this role, Katy is responsible for McKinsey’s global people function, which includes professional development and learning, recruiting, human resources, performance evaluation, people analytics, and other core capabilities. She is also a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders Council, the firm’s equivalent of the board of directors, and the firm’s 15-person global leadership team. 

Since joining the firm, Katy has partnered with clients on their transformations, including operational performance improvement, operations strategy linked to business strategy, and operating model design. She has led programs around product launch, manufacturing network configuration and plant performance, end-to-end sourcing and supply chain optimization, and quality system effectiveness. Katy has also worked with companies in digitizing their sales and marketing approaches as well as their operations, making technology platform decisions, and transforming organization structures.

As part of the McKinsey Global Institute, Katy has coauthored several pieces of research, including most recently “Building a more competitive US manufacturing sector,” and has also contributed pieces for Harvard Business Review, Industry Today, and Market Watch. She is a frequent speaker at events and conferences on topics in advanced manufacturing technology, including workforce adoption and capability building, digital manufacturing management, the role of advanced analytics in manufacturing, and regional manufacturing competitiveness.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Katy worked as an associate analyst at an economic consulting firm. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and government from Oberlin College and a PhD in business economics from Harvard University.