Master's and Doctorate in Business Economics, University of Muenster, Germany; Master's in Public Administration, Harvard University, John J McCloy Scholar. Formerly, 2 years in banking. With McKinsey, heads the Healthcare Systems and Services Practice and chairs McKinsey's work with national Health Systems globally; over the past decade, has worked on more than 250 health care engagements in 17 healthcare systems on a broad set of issues, including healthcare system design, creating and managing payors, hospital strategy, and operations, as well as R&D and marketing of pharmaceuticals. Frequently speaks and publishes on healthcare topics.