Simon Kennedy

Simon returned to McKinsey’s Sydney office in 2016, after 6 years at the firm’s Public-Sector Practice in Washington, DC. While in the United States, Simon served federal, state, and city governments on a broad range of issues. Specifically, he has led programs on economic- and jobs-growth strategy, transportation policy, infrastructure investments and delivery, and productivity improvement. Simon is passionate about improving the opportunities available to everyday citizens.

His recent experience includes:

• designing a job- and economic-growth strategy for an Australian state
• working with a state government to improve its productivity, with a focus on goods and services
• designing economic growth, transport, land-use, and workforce strategies for an Australian city
• improving the productivity of transport systems in two major US cities
• designing job- and economic-growth strategies for two large US states
• working with a national aviation authority to refresh its strategy and improve its operational efficiency.