Ani Kelkar

Ani is a partner based in McKinsey’s Greater Boston office and is a leader within the firm’s Advanced Industries Practice. In this capacity, he serves OEMs, suppliers, and service providers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, industrial automation, and robotics sectors. Additionally, Ani is a core leader within the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility (MCFM) in the Americas and oversees its work with disruptors. He leads the advanced automation and autonomy sector within MCFM and serves industrial automation, robotics, and autonomous systems disruptors. He also works with investors looking to capture opportunities arising from major mobility trends, such as autonomous driving, electrification, software-defined vehicles, shared mobility, and connectivity. Ani has authored several publications on the topics of automation and autonomous systems.

Examples of his client work include the following:

• delivering a step-change improvement in margin and operational performance through a comprehensive transformation of the supply chain organization for a defense OEM
• embedding early warning systems across supply chain and quality organizations to shift to proactive operating models and reduce operational disruptions for an aerospace OEM
• driving value capture as part of a “merger of equals” to deliver deal synergies in an accelerated timeline for an automotive supplier
• collaborating on a strategy design and go-to-market “war room” to drive a 100 percent top-line growth rate for a robotics disruptor
• evaluating multiple transactions across autonomous systems for people and goods mobility, leading to a $1 billion investment from an innovation fund for a growth investor
• leading a “full potential of business” transformation at an automotive supplier, resulting in step-change improvements in production, supply chain, and SG&A functions

An engineer by training, Ani earned his PhD from Purdue University and his bachelor’s from the Institute of Chemical Technology in India. In addition to his work at McKinsey, he serves as a director at ICT Foundation, an organization established to help promote and support educational activities at his alma mater.