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Bob Sternfels has failed to win the support of a majority of McKinsey’s senior partners for a second term at the helm of the consulting firm in the second round of its leadership ballot, forcing him into a run-off against the head of its digital strategy business, Rodney Zemmel.
People familiar with the result said that Zemmel emerged as Sternfels’ strongest challenger from a field of 10 that was put to the firm’s 750 senior partners around the world on Wednesday.
Sternfels’ tougher than expected battle for a second three-year term as McKinsey’s global managing partner has exposed rifts within the firm over his leadership style and his handling of a round of back-office cost cuts last year, the Financial Times has reported.
Zemmel, a 29-year veteran of McKinsey based in New York, is the global leader of McKinsey Digital, which advises companies on digital transformation and data analytics. He was previously head of the firm’s northeastern US office.
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