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Aniket Nikumb
Ex-McKinsey, Columbia MBA
After a career spanning consulting at McKinsey & Company and private equity investing at Apax Partners, Aniket is pursuing his dream as a startup founder.
Aniket holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, and has helped dozens of candidates prepare for consulting interviews.
Anna Kuragina
Ex-McKinsey, INSEAD MBA
Anna spent 3.5 years at McKinsey Middle East and left as an Engagement Manager to take on the challenge of leading AI products at a major fashion retailer. Currently, she is building her startup in the food tech space. While at McKinsey, Anna drove Digital and AI transformations for clients across the Middle East and Asia and was heavily involved in the consumer practice.
Anna has helped hundreds of candidates prepare for consulting interviews and provides candidates with direct, specific, and actionable feedback. Anna will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
Carrie Holland
Ex-McKinsey, Ex-Google, Stern MBA
Carrie spent three years at McKinsey as an Engagement Manager in the Marketing and Sales and Consumer practices. While at McKinsey, Carrie served as a recruiting champion, mentoring and interviewing dozens of BAs and Associates.
Carrie is known for three components of case coaching: her focus on shaping distinctive behavioral interview answers, her ability to provide direct, actionable feedback across every component of the case, and her focus on building the performance mindset (as a trained classical pianist)
Carrie applied to McKinsey from a non-target school and can guide candidates through the nuances of on-campus and experienced hire recruiting. She transitioned from McKinsey to enterprise strategy for a global payments provider.
Charity Wollensack
Ex-McKinsey, Wharton MBA
After receiving her MBA at Wharton, Charity spent 3 years at McKinsey in the Stamford, CT office while living in NYC. Charity spent her first year exploring industries and functions, after which she decided to focus on Consumer and Retail clients.
During Charity’s time at McKinsey she spent time as a staffed ambassador, supporting diverse candidates through the application process and providing case coaching support. Additionally, she was well connected to Wharton recruiting and provided case coaching support to her alma mater. Charity has completed hundreds of case prep sessions and is passionate about helping candidates through actionable and specific feedback.
Dave Matthews
Ex-Bain, Tuck MBA '23
After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in economics, Dave spent 4 years at Bain’s Dallas office, focusing on private equity diligence, post-acquisition growth strategy, and commercial excellence. Dave has extensive experience working across industrial, energy, technology, and consumer products industries. At Bain, Dave was a highly sought-after mentor and coach to help transition new hires into the working world.
Currently, Dave is at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. He is grateful for the individuals who helped support him during his consulting journey, so he loves investing time in building deeper relationships to provide thoughtful, tangible coaching and feedback.
Diana Ivanov
Ex-McKinsey, Harvard MBA '23
Diana spent over 3 years at McKinsey in Australia as a Business Analyst through to Senior Associate, where she worked in predominantly B2C facing verticals on strategy and marketing & sales related topics. She was heavily involved in firm-wide diversity initiatives, mentoring and coaching dozens of promising female candidates throughout the interview process and as they settled into consulting post-offer.
After McKinsey, Diana moved to London to work for a tech start-up (Via) and will be relocating to Boston in the fall to complete an MBA at Harvard Business School. Her style is friendly, collaborative, and flexible, focusing on building confidence and providing actionable feedback with the opportunity to practice and refine.
Ed Sinclair
Ex-McKinsey, Ex-Corporate Lawyer (Herbert Smith Freehills)
Ed spent over 2 years at McKinsey and was heavily involved in recruitment. He has successfully coached over 50 candidates through the recruitment process. Ed is a very practical coach who focuses on repeatable fundamentals and provides simple and actionable feedback to improve performance.
Ed came to McKinsey from a non-target school (first from his University to ever be hired by McKinsey), and from a non-traditional background (Bachelor of Arts and Laws) so understands how to break into top firms coming from a different path.
Eissra Eltom
Ex-McKinsey, Harvard MBA
Eissra recently left McKinsey as an Engagement Manager after spending 5 years in the London office. She led teams in the Strategy and Corporate Finance practice serving clients across the Consumer and TMT sectors.
At McKinsey, she was heavily invested in recruitment efforts with extensive experience interviewing at both the Business Analyst and Associate levels. She recently left McKinsey to launch her own entrepreneurial venture, granting her a flexible calendar. She is excited to support peers interested in launching a career in consulting!
Gabe Weinreb
Ex-McKinsey
Gabe spent three years in McKinsey’s New York office, first as a Business Analyst and later as a Fellow at the McKinsey Center for US Health System Reform. He now lives in Cambridge where he researches health care policy at Harvard Medical School.
Gabe had a great experience at McKinsey and loves supporting aspiring consultants through each phase of the recruiting process.
Harrison Shane
Ex-Bain, Columbia MBA '23
After graduating from UC Berkeley with a business degree, Harrison worked at Bain for 3 years in the San Francisco office, primarily in the tech, private equity, and retail practices.
He was also heavily involved in recruiting and mentorship, conducting 20+ first round interviews and hundreds of case prep sessions at the undergraduate and MBA level resulting in many MBB offers. Currently, Harrison is studying at Columbia Business School where he is involved in the management consulting club as a case coach.
Kit O'Connor
Ex-McKinsey, Columbia MBA
Kit left McKinsey as an Engagement Manager to take a global management role at a major beverage company, building on his work as a member of McKinsey’s Consumer practice.
At McKinsey, Kit was a prolific interviewer, giving 100+ interviews for incoming BAs and Associates. He is known for providing tangible, actionable feedback that turns good answers into excellent ones. He was a core leader of McKinsey’s Columbia Business School recruiting team, heading mentorship efforts for candidates moving through the interview process.
Lisa Bright
Ex-McKinsey
After graduating with majors in Accounting, Finance, and Supply Chain Management, Lisa joined McKinsey and served clients across multiple industries on both strategy and operations projects.
After receiving an offer for MBA sponsorship, she recently left McKinsey to pursue her passion with startups and is currently co-founder and CEO of two startups, one which has scaled to multiple 7-figures. Like many entrepreneurs, she works odd hours, so she is available for interviews anytime…weekends, day, or night!
Nare Israelyan
Ex-BCG
Nare graduated with a degree in Business Economics from UCLA, and became the 5th UCLA student to join BCG in a decade. During her time at BCG, Nare spent her time working on projects varying from pricing strategy, market growth, consumer behavior, and operational efficiency.
Beyond nailing the case, Nare’s passion lies in helping her clients enhance their mindsets going into the interview. A multi-sport athlete, she trains her clients to go into interviews with a peak performance mindset, and believes this is what separates good interview candidates from those that get offers.
Navneet Alag
Ex-McKinsey, Kellogg MBA
After graduating from the Kellogg School of Management, Navneet joined McKinsey where he led strategy development for pharmaceutical and medical device companies in multiple areas. Navneet left McKinsey as an Engagement Manager to pursue a career in Healthcare Private Equity / Venture Capital.
Prior to McKinsey, Navneet was a research scientist at Genentech doing oncology research. Based on his journey from a scientist to a consultant, Navneet strongly believes in the value of targeted coaching and feedback in case prep. At McKinsey, he conducted >100 interviews for a wide range of candidates.
Ryan Smith
Ex-BCG, Darden MBA
After graduating with his MBA, Ryan worked at BCG for 2 years before moving on to lead strategy projects for a large housing finance company. He thoroughly enjoyed his time at BCG and spent the majority of his time working in the Consumer and Federal spaces.
Throughout business school and during his time at BCG, Ryan was plugged into recruiting. He has personally coached dozens of candidates who have gone on to receive MBB offers and has led numerous case workshops. Ryan prides himself on giving specific feedback and recommendations while also continuing to develop each candidate’s strengths.
Yusuf Shaikh
Ex-BCG
Yusuf is former BCG consultant and specialist within strategy, private equity and venture capital. He was based in BCG’s Johannesburg office as an Associate, serving clients in the public and private sectors while specializing in the energy, automotive and industrial goods sectors.
He completed various projects focused on pricing optimization, corporate restructuring & strategy and PE due diligences. Yusuf has extensive experience as a case interview coach, having run various workshops for BCG Johannesburg’s graduate recruitment programs.
After BCG, Yusuf spent 3 years investing in small & growing businesses in Africa, and now advises South Africa’s leading Fin-Tech on business strategy, M&A, corporate development and expansion strategies.