André Andonian

André Andonian has over three decades of experience advising companies around the globe on a broad range of strategic, operational, and organizational topics, with a longstanding presence in the APAC region.  

Andonian is Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, where he worked for 34 years, including as Senior Partner, Chairman of Japan, and Managing Partner of Korea. He also led Client Impact & Experience across Asia and was a member of McKinsey’s leadership teams in Asia, Europe, and the United States, advising clients in the high-tech, industrial, automotive & assembly, aerospace, basic materials, biotech, and private equity sectors. He was a long-term member of the firm’s global board and held extensive additional senior leadership roles in support of growth, people, and overall knowledge development.  Prior to joining McKinsey, Andonian worked at Masco Corporation in the US and at IBM in Austria, Spain, and the Middle East.  

Andonian also serves as Chair Compensation and Talent Committee on the Board of ADI, Chair on the Board of Cognaize in the US, and NC Chair of AEM Holdings in Singapore. He teaches a Master’s Class on Digital Health and co-hosts the Global Health Summit at the Technical University of Munich, chairs the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology and is a member of the Armenian Society of Fellows. He is Lead Faculty for Board and CEO Effectiveness at The Marketing Academy and is rated among the Top 10 Mentors at the Singapore Mentorship Committee.

As a Fulbright Scholar, Andonian received an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA and BA in Social & Economic Sciences as well as a BSc in Engineering, all with highest distinction, from institutions in his hometown of Vienna, Austria.