Lieven is a senior partner and leads QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, globally and in Europe. A doctor by training, he is a member of our Life Sciences Practice and serves clients across Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. Lieven has extensive experience in designing and executing ambitious change journeys, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical companies and biotech as well as public health institutions. For many years, he has led McKinsey’s digital and analytics work across the value chain in life sciences, as well as our global team supporting R&D organizations. He has helped some of the world’s most preeminent institutions leverage the full potential of AI and data while fundamentally changing how teams operate, innovate, and collaborate. Before joining McKinsey, Lieven qualified as a doctor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and completed an MSc and MPhil in neuroscience at Columbia University. He also worked as a fellow with Columbia’s technology transfer office and as an intern with the Belgian Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.