Nick Santhanam

Nick Santhanam is the CEO of Fernweh Group, an investment company pioneering the engaged investor & operator model to create alpha in the industrial and industrial technology sector. Previously, he was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company's Palo Alto office and leader of their global industrials practice. Nick has served as a convener for several McKinsey annual events and co-authored leading research on various topics. He is the co-author of Wall Street Journal bestseller – Titanium Economy: How Industrial Technology Can Create a Better, Faster, Stronger America (PublicAffairs, October 2022). He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Libraries. Nick has a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA in strategic management and finance from the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Ford and Palmer Scholar.