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McKinsey evacuates Russia staff to Kazakhstan

Consultancy firm relocates staff from Moscow to Almaty

McKinsey is now pulling staff out of its Moscow office and relocating them to its base in Almaty, Kazakhstan
McKinsey is now pulling staff out of its Moscow office and relocating them to its base in Almaty, Kazakhstan Photo: Rafael Henrique/Getty Images

McKinsey is pulling its Russia-based staff out of the country and relocating them to Kazakhstan in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The management consultancy giant said on 3 March that it would immediately cease work for Russian state-owned entities and said it would suspend all client work there once it had completed its other projects.

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