McKinsey Americas Private Equity Practice

Join us for a session with Alex Panas and Ruxandra Tentis, who will talk to us about their work and McKinsey's knowledge development on what it takes to grow and turnaround sponsor-owned companies.


Alex is a Senior Partner at McKinsey and leader of the Private Equity Practice for the Americas. The primary focus of Alex's client work is on diligence and portfolio-company efforts for private-equity owners. He also serves private-equity firms on strategy, organization, operations, and investment-diligence initiatives. He has deep expertise in the industrial, retail, consumer packaged goods, food service, and operations areas. Examples of Alex's recent client work include leading a portfolio company transformation focused on design-to-value and sourcingÔÇòwhich delivered over $150 million in EBITDA improvement. He also supported a leading distressed-focused firm with diligence and investment decisions across a range of sectors. For a portfolio company, he developed a sales and growth strategy that resulted in a doubling of sales and significantly improved returns.

Ruxandra is a Partner in McKinsey's Boston office and a leader in McKinsey's North American Private Equity and Financial Services practices. She has over 10 years of experience in financial services, with core expertise in data and information services, digital, multichannel marketing and distribution. She has lead numerous due diligence efforts for private equity companies across financial services areas and geographies. She has also worked closely with PE portfolio companies to create 100-day plans, implement major cost transformations, design strategies, improve pricing, and sales force effectiveness. Ruxandra has an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan and a B.S. in economics from Louisiana State University

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