Philipp Koch
Senior Partner

Philipp, a Senior Partner in McKinsey‘s New York office, co-leads the North America Wealth and

Asset Management Practice. Since joining the firm in 2001, he has been working across the globe with

asset managers, insurance companies, banks, institutional clients and pension plans. In addition to leading

the European Asset Management Practice between 2013 and 2018, he was also leading the Banking

Practice in Germany between 2014 and 2020.

Recent project experiences in the area of sustainable investing include:

Optimizing carbon-footprint of the real estate (investment) portfolio for a leading global insurance

company

Reviewing Sustainable Investing strategy for the asset management businesses of leading global

financial services company

Designing organizational set-up of for a leading US asset management organization to include ESG

principles across entire the business model

Mobilizing a leading global asset management firm to capture business opportunities regarding net zero

transition financing in the public and private arena

Education and prior work experience

Prior to joining McKinsey, Philipp received a Master of Science from the London School of Economics

and Political Science

He holds a PhD from the Helmut-Schmidt University Hamburg in 2008 on "Optimizing Distribution

Systems in the Asset Management sector – institutional