Nick Semaca
DIRECTOR EMERITUS, MCKINSEY & COMPANY
Nick Semaca is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting Firm.
During his 20 years with McKinsey, Mr. Semaca led a number of industry and functional practices: Travel and Logistics, Operations, and Global Energy and Materials. His clients included leading companies in the airline, hotel, rail, consumer goods, chemicals, and retail industries. Functionally his client service focused on corporate and business strategy development, operational effectiveness, and consumer pricing and loyalty enhancement. Additionally, he was an active mentor to many younger consultants and a member of multiple Partner evaluation committees. Prior to his career at McKinsey, Mr. Semaca worked as a design engineer for the Mobil Oil Corporation, at PepsiCo in financial, logistics, and international management roles, and with the consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
Mr. Semaca has served on a number of boards including Overseas Shipping Group, Leyton Orient Football Club Ltd., Miami Waterkeeper, The Night Ministry, and the Latino Education Alliance. Since his retirement from McKinsey, he also has become an active private investor with a dual focus: early stage private company equity investing, and sports. The latter to date has included a minor league baseball team in the US, and football (soccer) teams in the US, England, and Germany. He holds a Master of Management degree with Distinction from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree with High Honors from Stevens.
Nick was born and raised in New Jersey, a child of two refugees from post-World War II Europe. Since leaving the East Coast in 1982 he has resided primarily in Chicago - although the last 40+ years have also included living in Dallas, Texas (twice); London, England (twice); San Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Miami. He has a passion for a number of social causes including immigrant rights, education, and economic development for people with low income. Nick and his wife, Jenny, are avid travelers and are always planning their next adventure.