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Thomas Hundertmark, Senior Partner, McKinsey- Houston

Thomas is a Senior Partner in the McKinsey Houston office. He is a core leader in Global Chemicals & Agriculture, Oil & Gas, and Capital Productivity Practices. He counsels clients in the chemicals, agribusiness, (nuclear) power, and oil & gas sectors. His work anchors around strategy development, performance improvement programs, and large-capital project execution. He has been serving clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Thomas has a background in chemistry. He received his doctorate from the University of Technology in Aachen. Before joining McKinsey, he worked as a research fellow at MIT and at Bayer AG. Thomas resides with his family in Houston, Texas.

Examples of his recent client work include the following:

• Strategy definition for one of the global leading petrochemical companies • Comprehensive profit improvement program for a leading specialty and niche petrochemicals

company targeting 25% cash and EBIDTA improvement• Merger integration support for a leading pigments producer overachieving synergy targets,

footprint consolidation and organization design goals• Commercial excellence program at leading agricultural company targeting $>1 bn bottom line

impact global initiatives• Pre-and post-FID support for a >$1 bn petrochemical greenfield investment for an

agrochemicals company in the U.S. GC (schedule and owner team review, contracting and project control tower support, cost benchmarking)

• Supply chain optimization for a leading global chemicals company

Published Work

“How plastics waste recycling could transform the chemical industry,” McKinsey & Company, December 2018“No time to waste: What plastics recycling could offer,” McKinsey & Company, September 2018“Chemicals 2025: Will the industry be dancing to a very different tune?,” McKinsey & Company, March 2017