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Michael Conway

Principal, McKinsey & Co., Inc.

Michael Conway is a Principal in McKinsey's New Jersey office. He joined New Jersey in 2002 from the Oslo office. Since joining McKinsey in Chicago in late 1993, Michael has primarily worked in the pharmaceutical, medical technology, private equity, and public health arenas. The main focus of his work is on business and product strategies, operations improvements in R&D/product development/medical marketing, and organizational design.

A sampling of projects in the public sector is as follows:

  • Created a business plan for a proposed new global public health alliance focused on improving the quality of data collected in developing countries
  • Worked with a global public health entity to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization focused on procurement and advocacy of a particular treatment program for one infectious disease
  • Worked with a global health alliance to evaluate the current situation regarding vaccine coverage in developing countries, assess alternative strategic scenarios for increasing coverage, and identify required shifts in the operating model of the alliance in this arena to facilitate coverage improvement
  • Worked with a global health alliance to develop the case for investing in the introduction of two new vaccines in developing countries based on a evaluation of critical uncertainties like the likely price/cost to product, range of impact scenarios, or drivers/range of country usage
  • Helped to design and implement a new approach and organizational model for introduction of two new vaccines into developing countries

Mr. Conway holds a B.S. in biochemistry from Texas A&M University, magna cum laude. He also holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. While at the Law School, Mr. Conway was a contributor and staff member of the University of Chicago Law Review.