Navtez Bal

I hold an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering. Since 2020, I have led Microsoft’s public sector business (government, education, and healthcare) in India. My operating responsibilities include the management of the entire P&L and the operating team. My team has driven the digital transformation of multiple central ministries, state governments, public sector units and educational institutions. Until 2020, I served as a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, New Delhi. I built and led McKinsey’s RTS (restructuring and transformation services) and operations practice in India, especially focusing on driving digitally enabled performance improvement transformations. I have served global majors across sectors like Industrials (metals & mining, power, chemicals, oil & gas), Infrastructure and Technology. I have also served clients across the region – Australia, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Southeast Asia and Africa. Sector/Function Expertise: Public Sector, Industrials (metals & mining, oil & gas, chemicals, power), Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering; Performance transformation; Digital operations; Strategy; Growth; Organisation; Business building Timeline: Arthur Anderson Summer Intern Mar1999 – May 1999 McKinsey & Company, Inc. Junior Associate May 2000 – Jun 2002 McKinsey & Company, Inc. Associate Jun 2002 – Dec 2004 McKinsey & Company, Inc. Engagement Manager Jan 2004 – Dec 2006 McKinsey & Company, Inc. Associate Principal Jan 2007 – Dec 2009 McKinsey & Company, Inc. Partner Jan 2010 – Jun 2017 McKinsey & Company, Inc. Senior Partner Jun 2017 – Jan 2020 Microsoft Corporation Executive Director Jul 2020 – Till date Select publications: India needs lighthouse manufacturing (Business Today 2019) Building a new energy security architecture (FICCI 2017) Bank stressed assets (Financial Express 2016) Managing capital projects: Lessons from Asia (McKinsey on Finance, 2008)