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Ankur Bhajanka

Senior PartnerMumbai

Leads McKinsey’s Lifesciences Practice in India and Generics Pharmaceuticals practice globally, with a focus on creating transformational impact for clients

A senior partner based out of our Mumbai office, Ankur leads McKinsey’s Lifesciences Practice in India and our Generics Pharmaceuticals Practice globally. Ankur is also part of McKinsey’s digital and analytics leadership team in India, focusing on driving digital transformation for established businesses.

Over a career spanning 15+ years, Ankur has worked with multiple leading generics players, both in India and globally, and has helped them drive integrated transformation in their business by helping re-shape their strategy, driving performance transformation across the value chain (including Commercial transformation, R&D effectiveness, Operations), and building new businesses.

Examples of his recent work include

  • Partnering with a top Indian pharma player to help build their presence outside India through two large inorganic moves and organic build out
  • Helping a leading Indian player build a medical devices business
  • Helping a top Indian pharmaco define commercialization and clinical strategy for their innovative product pipeline
  • Helping a leading global generics player drive significant improvement in R&D performance through process improvement as well shifts in operating model
  • Helping a leading Indian player embed digital and analytics capabilities across their operations setup to unlock significant efficiency

Published work

Indian Pharma 2020, McKinsey & Company, 2020

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Indore
MBA

National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
BTech