Mohammed Aaser is Chief Data Officer at McKinsey & Company, where he leads McKinsey’s efforts on Data Innovation, which includes the development of new data assets, partnerships with data providers, deployment of data management technology, and the creation of a robust data culture. Mohammed brings hands-on experience in applying data and analytics across multiple industries and functions. He served as Head of Operations and Strategy for McKinsey’s analytics practice where he helped launch and build the practice, whose team of 5,000 technologists and consultants help companies create and scale new technical delivery models for analytics and AI. Prior to McKinsey, he led marketing strategy and analytics at Ameriprise Financial, where he spearheaded the organization’s analytics transformation. Mohammed received his MBA from Harvard University and his undergraduate from the University of Minnesota.