MAXIMILIAN H.

Senior Consultant
MaleStrategic Planning/ManagementLive in United KingdomNationality United Kingdom
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Work experience

  • Senior Consultant

    MCKINSEY & COMPANY
    2025.09-Current(9 months)
    Led an enterprise-wide growth strategy for one of the UK’s biggest financial services firms (>£100bn AUM, ~5m customers), providing strategic advice directly to the CEO on re-designing the retirement and wealth proposition. Built the delivery playbook for a global commercial insurer’s €100m+ GenAI transformation across underwriting and claims functions and implemented four key use cases across the underwriting and claims value chain. Developed a >€15m capital allocation plan for a personal lines’ insurer to restructure their telephony centres. Orchestrated a cross-functional transformation across 3,000+ distribution points at a personal lines’ insurer to increase operational performance and sales effectiveness.
  • Executive, Vice President

    AXA XL, GERMANY
    2022.12-2025.08(3 years)
    Executive, Vice President for Germany | January 2024 – August 2025 Prokurist and Deputy CEO of the German Branch with legal and regulatory responsibility to the Central Bank of Ireland. Led the Strategy, Finance, Transformation and PMO agenda and successful delivery of its €100m growth initiatives. Received the award for the highest growing branch in Europe while improving eNPS score by 20pts within 12 months. Chief of Staff / Strategy Lead for Northern Europe | June 2023 – August 2025 Regions: DACH, Benelux, Nordics, CSEE | 12,000 clients | 950+ employees | $4bn+ premiums Owned the delivery of a €200m+ commercial lines transformation across ten European markets — building the governance architecture, defining KPIs and steering execution across underwriting, claims, operations and IT. Built and ran the regional PMO, leading 25+ concurrent initiatives with established reporting cadences, escalation protocols and performance tracking to ensure strategic alignment and senior leadership transparency. Served as strategic counsel to the CEO on M&A evaluation and investment decisions, including directing a >€20m crossborder transaction end-to-end. Produced regular performance reporting and insight across 8 branches, translating complex programme and business unit data into decision-ready recommendations for senior stakeholders. AXA GROUP, S.E., FRANCE Group Strategy Officer (Short-term Assignment) | January 2023 – June 2025 Co-led the development of AXA’s Group Strategy Plan 2024–2026 (“Unlock the Future”) across P&C, Health, and Life. Delivered strategic studies to the Management Committee and Board, including on European P&C mid-market segmentation, the long-term care strategy in Life & Health, NPS framework, and executive incentive targets (STIC). Partnered with entity Heads of Strategy on equity story development, CEO dialogues, and financial target setting. AXA XL, PARIS, NEW YORK Global Management Trainee | – December 2022 Underwrote international liability risks (>£2bn revenue) across international geographies in the London market. Co-developed the market entry and growth strategy for AXA XL's UK regions’ business, partnering with the local CEO to prepare strategic recommendations to senior leadership. Led a workstream in the global digital and technology transformation to reshape the global multi-national processes.

Educational experience

  • UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

    MSc Management, Distinction
    2020.09-2021.07(a year)
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