About

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

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

Co-chair

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

Co-chair

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

Managing Director

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.