McKinsey & Company appoints a new Managing Partner, Kari Kulojärvi, to continue to accelerate the growth journey and to lead the firm in Finland and the Baltics
Press release, 29 June 2022
Kari Kulojärvi has been appointed to lead McKinsey & Company in Finland and the Baltics. He succeeds Jukka Maksimainen, who has been leading the firm in Finland since 2019. Kari will leverage his extensive international experience to help clients in all sectors to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth, while making tangible improvements to the society.
Kari holds a master’s degree in engineering from the Helsinki University of Technology and has a deep international expertise on high-tech businesses in both public cloud and consumer electronics. At McKinsey, he has focused on leading the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice in Finland. Prior to joining McKinsey in 2020, Kari held several executive roles in business and product management, operations, and supply chain at Microsoft and Nokia.
“I am committed to lead and shape the future of McKinsey in the region and to continue to support the development and positive impact for both our people and our clients. Change is happening at an accelerating pace and we all need to be involved in building opportunities for a better society, both for people and for the environment. We will continue on our growth path and focus on collaborating with bold leaders across all sectors to build distinctive, lasting, and substantial improvements for our clients and the region,” says Kari Kulojärvi, Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Finland and the Baltics.
Jukka Maksimainen will take on a new role as the global leader of McKinsey’s Energy & Materials sector. “Together with our dedicated people and clients it has been a true privilege to lead McKinsey in Finland. We have experienced a great transformation of the office and expanded our positive impact in the society to a totally new level. I am pleased that Kari is taking over and continues to work with our clients across all sectors, from small startups to large corporations, with our full slate of capabilities,” says Jukka Maksimainen, former Managing Partner of McKinsey in Finland and the global leader of McKinsey’s Energy and Materials sector.
Learn more about Kari Kulojärvi and Jukka Maksimainen.
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