We convene leaders to pursue new solutions in major projects and infrastructure

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Summit
Gathers world leaders to explore new solutions to global challenges in infrastructure and capital projects.
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Site Visits
Exposes leaders to the latest innovations to understand their potential impact at scale.
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Roundtables
Brings together experts to solve critical regional issues
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Voices
Publishes quarterly insights from industry leaders and McKinsey experts around mission-critical themes.
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Here’s how we think about challenges and solutions
We have organized our knowledge around four key pillars, representing the value chain:
Plan
Focuses on how planners can respond with new tools, techniques and approaches to deliver in this era of rapid urbanization and technological change.
Finance
Identifies actions to bring previously untapped sources of public and private money to projects, recognizing the importance of financing bankable sustainable infrastructure.
Build
Explores new approaches to advance productivity through leveraging the digital wave, applying lean construction, and innovating the contracting model.
Operate
Examines levers to maximize asset utilization, revenue opportunities, and customer experience in the digitized world.
Leadership

Shannon Peloquin
Shannon is a partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office, where she leads the firm’s Capital Projects & Infrastructure work in North America’s public sector. Shannon advises major utilities, transportation, and infrastructure organizations on their long-term strategy, investments, and operations. She brings expertise across capital productivity, front-line operational improvements, and large-scale cultural transformations. Full bio

Gernot Strube
Gernot is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Munich office and leads the Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practice globally. He advises clients in the aerospace, rail, machinery, and infrastructure sectors on digital transformations, operational strategy, and performance improvement. Gernot has served clients in over 20 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and many of his projects are international in nature. Full bio

Tony Hansen
Tony leads the strategic direction and the day-to-day operations of the GII platform, events and publishing. He has over twenty-five years of experience in designing and implementing complex global initiatives, having worked with leading multi-national corporations, governments and NGOs. Specialty areas include strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and project management. Tony’s experience spans infrastructure, sustainability, conservation, and high-impact events. Full bio
Welcome to GII
As technological innovation, globalization, and rising demand place infrastructure at a critical juncture, we strive to uncover new solutions in a rapidly evolving world.
Past Participants

Madeleine K. Albright
Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, Former US Secretary of State
Anthony Foxx
Secretary of Transportation, US Department of Transportation
His Excellency Paul Kagame
President, Republic of Rwanda
Allard Nooy
Chief Executive Officer, InfraCo Asia
Jorge Quijano
Chief Executive Officer, Panama Canal Authority