Shahrukh Tauqir
Ex-McKinsey(10 years); Harvard MBA; 1000+ coached
Studied at Harvard Business School
Worked at McKinsey & Company
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Shahrukh’s Management Consulting Qualifications
Experience level: Associate
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Shahrukh is a seasoned McKinsey consultant where he spent a decade in multiple client-facing roles across offices in North America, Middle East and South Asia. Shahrukh also holds a MBA from Harvard Business School where he also led the student consulting club. Over the past 12 years, he has prepared 1000+ candidates to craft their resumes and crack their case interviews with MBBs and get an offer. Shahrukh is now working in tech in USA.
Shahrukh can help with:
AI Fundamentals
Behavioral Interview Prep
Case Interview Prep
Case Math
Frameworks
Job Search Strategies
Networking Strategy
Presentations
Resume Review
About Shahrukh
In 2014, I joined McKinsey's newly opened Pakistan office as one of the first four hires, which gave me the rare privilege of helping a global institution put down roots in my own country. I went on to lead recruiting for the office and watched it grow from 4 people to 50 by the time I left in 2019. During my five years with McKinsey in the region, my passion for recruiting and talent development, backed by strong results, led me to become a top interview coach for candidates applying to McKinsey's offices in Pakistan and the Middle East. In 2019, I left McKinsey to pursue my MBA at Harvard Business School, becoming the first consultant from McKinsey's Pakistan office to do so. Since then, I've coached and inspired hundreds of aspiring MBA candidates from developing countries to get into top business schools worldwide, through 1:1 coaching, webinars, and admissions guides. In 2021, after graduating, I rejoined McKinsey, this time at its Detroit office, for three years, to help rewrite the growth story of the original car capital. I joined the recruiting team again, this time as an interview coach and interviewer, and helped the office 2x its Business Analyst/Associate class during my time there. I'm now based in Silicon Valley, helping the original Silicon Valley garage startup, HP Inc., rewrite its growth story in the exciting age of AI.
Why do I coach?
My personal bio above is, understandably, curated to show the highlights of my journey. But my passion for coaching is rooted in the scars I earned writing that story. I've never been the smartest person in the room, and definitely not the most privileged, but I'm almost always the most battle-hardened. Not being born into privilege, I had to learn and apply both the written and unwritten rules, mostly through perseverance and a little serendipity, to get into elite institutions like McKinsey and HBS. Getting into McKinsey, for instance, was not straightforward. I was invited to interview with McKinsey Dubai for a summer internship in my junior year. Thinking that practising 10-12 cases would be enough, I went in and bombed it. That rejection propelled me to dedicate my senior year to preparing for McKinsey, and I ended up practising 100+ cases with kind souls across the globe. The experience transformed me. By the time the offer came, I was already thinking and acting like a McKinsey consultant, and I like to think I summoned it into being. Getting into HBS, similarly, was not straightforward. For years, I chased the so-called written rule that you need a 700+ GMAT score to stand a chance. Despite four attempts, I never crossed 700, and yet I got into HBS by learning and applying several unwritten rules instead. While the journey got frustrating at times, it's exactly that journey that now moves me to share my experience, instincts, and lessons with others walking a similar path. My hope is that I can help you read the written rules more holistically and pick up the unwritten ones faster, so you're wiser than I was at your stage, and reach your goals sooner than I did.
Work Experience
Principal - AI Strategy for Personal Systems
HP
August 2025 - Present
Strategy and AI incubation role operating at Division President and C-suite level across HP's Personal Systems business (HP's largest business unit). Core focus: turning ambiguous AI opportunities into structured, executive-ready decisions. Led HP's exploration of a strategic AI partnership with a leading AI venture studio and now co-designing the MVP. Drove the process from a broad, unstructured hypothesis to two well-defined proposals ready for senior leadership review, narrowing 50+ use case candidates across four iterations. Orchestrated HP's first AI-focused VC engagement with a leading Silicon Valley firm. Built an evaluation framework across 1,000+ startups spanning 10 VC firms, shortlisted priorities mapped to HP's strategic agenda, and coordinated end-to-end logistics for a C-suite visit involving 10+ senior HP leaders including the CEO and Division Presidents. The visit catalyzed active internal partnership discussions. Led business case development for a suite of three AI productivity products, defining value propositions, GTM framing, and monetization hypotheses. Designed and ran structured user validation pilots with cross-functional participant groups, developing behavioral success criteria to assess real adoption signals. Surfaced key insights that refined the target customer hypothesis for the flagship product. Stepped in mid-crisis to own execution of HP's first third-party AI tool pilot. Onboarded senior executives, resolved cross-functional technical issues across IT and vendor teams, and maintained stakeholder confidence throughout. Expanded pilot scope significantly on the back of early results. Currently leading onboarding of a another high-potential AI tool and developing an ISV governance process that converts previously tribal knowledge into a repeatable framework for future vendor pilots. Strategy Building, Setting Strategic Direction and +2 skills
Principal - Corporate Strategy
HP
April 2024 - August 2025
Enterprise-wide strategy role supporting HP's most senior executives across functions. Rated Top Performer in 2024. Led business case development and scenario modeling for a U.S. manufacturing strategy in response to rapidly shifting tariff policy. Aligned leadership across commercial, finance, supply chain, and government affairs on a high-stakes, time-sensitive decision with Board-level visibility. Built HP's AI software monetization roadmap, defining structured hypotheses across pricing models, delivery approaches, and cost-to-serve. Guided cross-functional teams through an evolving product environment to inform business model design. Identified a 40% cost reduction opportunity on external strategy consulting spend through insourcing and demand management levers. Work influenced the Chief Strategy Officer to present findings to the Executive Leadership Team and prompted the procurement function to improve its governance process. Led financial modeling and external benchmarking for HP's five-year strategy plan, anchoring growth priorities in AI and hybrid work trends. Setting Strategic Direction and Strategy Building
Associate / Senior Associate
McKinsey & Company
June 2021 - April 2024
Led client-facing strategy and transformation workstreams across technology and advanced manufacturing sectors. Recognized in top 10% of McKinsey class cohort (2022 performance review). - SaaS GTM Strategy: Led go-to-market strategy for a post-acquisition niche SaaS player in the U.S. auto parts aftermarket (revenue >$100M); identified 20% combined revenue growth opportunity over three years across upsell, cross-sell, new sales, pricing, and churn mitigation - IT Cost Transformation: Led IT cost rebalancing engagement for a U.S. logistics major (~$9B revenue) in team leader's absence; identified $23–26M in savings (~25%) across labor, applications, and infrastructure; analyzed 60+ vendor contracts; equipped client with CIO-ready negotiation fact base and infrastructure modernization roadmap. - Advanced Manufacturing Sourcing Optimization: Partnered with Chief Procurement Officer of a global home appliance OEM (~$20B revenue) on electronics and injection-molded parts sourcing; led BOM teardowns and cost driver analytics; uncovered $40M+ in savings (~7% electronics, ~10% injection molding); informed long-term supplier strategy and trained procurement team through negotiation dry-runs - Procurement Capability Building: Developed and deployed negotiation playbooks and analytics toolkits across 10+ sourcing teams for a global manufacturing OEM; coached category managers through 8+ supplier simulations; enabled scalable, data-driven sourcing ahead of high-stakes negotiations -Pricing Diagnostics: Conducted rapid pricing diagnostic for a U.S. packaging company (~$5B revenue); identified ~$40M opportunity through margin variability analysis; assessed value leakage across contract price adjustment mechanisms Strategy Consulting, Cross-functional Team Leadership and +24 skills
Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
August 2016 - July 2019
Strategy and commercial consulting across telecom, retail, and public sector clients across the Middle East and South Asia. Delivered high-impact work in resource-constrained, fast-moving environments. - Telecom Merger Franchise Strategy: Developed franchise footprint optimization strategy for South Asia's first telecom merger (combined revenues >$1.3B); built a quantitative and qualitative scorecard in 4 weeks to determine the future of ~800 franchises — a task the client had attempted unsuccessfully over 6 months; results accepted with full regulatory support - Telecom Marketing & Revenue Growth: Designed and led data-powered marketing campaigns for a global U.S. telecom operator (revenue >$120B); delivered $30M+ in incremental revenue within 12 months for small and mid-market segments through advanced analytics, seller enablement, and performance management - Retail Growth Strategy: Led a 20+ person salesforce across a South Asian fashion apparel retailer (revenue >$150M) to execute a 3x five-year growth strategy; designed agile store-opening process that secured 100 new locations within 12 months — over 6x the original pace; built best-in-class budgeting process combining top-down vision with bottom-up store realities; completed in 2 months vs. standard 4-6 month cycle Strategy Consulting, Executive Presentations and +15 skills
Fellow
McKinsey & Company
August 2014 - July 2016
One of the first four hires of McKinsey's Pakistan office: joined in startup mode as the firm established its local presence. Delivered banking and public sector engagements across Pakistan and the broader region. - Contributed to foundational client work across financial services and public sector during McKinsey Pakistan's launch phase - Secured Offer-to-Return upon completion of the Fellow program, leading to return as Business Analyst in 2016
Petroleum Economist
Schlumberger
December 2013 - August 2014
Transformed reserves management process for Pakistan’s major oil & gas exploration and production company (revenues > $ 1 bn) through process re-engineering, reserves management software implementation and creation of new reporting formats; enabled company to improve credibility of reserves numbers, save $50,000 per year through lower man-hours and embed robust security across the organization to allow authorized individuals access to relevant reserves information Stakeholder Management
Shahrukh was also given offers to work at
Honeywell
Education
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2019 - 2021
Analytics, Market Analysis and +9 skills
Lahore University of Management Sciences
B.Sc(Hons), Economics
2009 - 2013
Grade: Graduation with Distinction Activities and societies: LUMS Entrepreneurial Society (LES) Graduated on Dean's Honor List Analytics, Market Analysis and +5 skills
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