Thomas is an engineer by education, trained in operations and drilled in business acumen at McKinsey & Company. He built the very first ‘McKinsey Marginal Abatement Cost Curve’ in 2005 and spent following 8 years building what would become a full scale Practice (business area) around Sustainability and Resource Productivity. Thomas brings broad cross-sector insight in Energy and Climate related opportunities and extensive experience from on-site work with industrial facilities to improve productivity of energy, carbon and other resources, through 100+ site visits globally.
Prior to joining RMI, I have spent the majority of professional career at McKinsey & Company, where I have launched and built up the Sustainability Practice together with a small core leadership team, through entrepreneurial leadership and by spearheading new methodologies and developing expertise. My expertise has been built together with clients, applied to specific industrial facilities. The primary focus of my work has been on energy intensive industry, metal processing and mining in particular.
Examples of relevant projects:
MSc in Engineering Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (2003)
Russian Language and Culture, State University of St Petersburg (2001)
L3 qualifications in Resource Productive Operations at McKinsey & Company
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