Paul Jansen is the Director of McKinsey & Company’s Philanthropy Practice. He joined the Firm in 1984 after receiving a chemical engineering degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a MBA at the Harvard Business School. Paul spent four years in the Hong Kong Office from 1988-1992 to help start up McKinsey’s practice in that region. He took up his newest role after 17 years of service to for-profit companies on issues including corporate and product strategy, operations improvement, sales and marketing, organization effectiveness, acquisitions and alliances.

Paul has been active in the nonprofit sector since 1992. His client service includes work with independent and community foundations, nonprofit organizations and education institutions. He is a member of the Forum on the Future of Higher Education and a director of the San Francisco Zoological Society where he served as Chair for four years.

McKinsey’s nonprofit work encompasses 150 to 200 projects per year in the areas of economic development, education, international aid, social services, arts & culture, and philanthropy. McKinsey works with philanthropic, nonprofit, government institutions and public/private partnerships active in these arenas. The nonprofit practice also seeks to develop and disseminate knowledge to improve the performance of these organizations. Paul co-authored a widely publicized article in the Harvard Business Review with former Senator Bill Bradley in 2003, entitled “The Non-Profit Sector’s $100 Billion Opportunity. He has also authored a report titled “The Dynamic Board: Lessons from High-Performing Nonprofits” and articles including “Nonprofits at a Crossroads”, “For Nonprofits, Time is Money” published in the McKinsey Quarterly, and “Faster Charity” an editorial in the New York times with Senator Bradley. Paul has also written on endowment payout policy for higher education institutions.

Most recently Paul led an effort to look at the structure, conduct and performance of the US higher education sector. The materials, which were first discussed at the Forum on the Future of Higher Education in 2006 are now being used by the Forum to frame an ongoing examination of trends and implications for various higher education segments.