Academic advisors
MGI works with leading economists, including Nobel laureates, who act as advisors on MGI projects. Current advisors include:
Martin Baily
Brookings Institution
Senior fellow, economic studies, Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development
Erik Brynjolfsson
MIT
Schussel Family professor at Sloan School of Management
Richard Cooper
Harvard University
Maurits C. Boas professor of International Economics
Sir Howard Davies
Institut d’Études Politiques
Professor in the Practice of Political Science and former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science
Rakesh Mohan
Yale University
Professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance, School of Management, and senior fellow, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs
Michael Spence
NYU Stern School of Business
Nobel laureate and William R. Berkley professor in Economics & Business
Laura Tyson
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Management
S.K. and Angela Chan professor of Global Management
Other past academic advisors have included:
Masahiko Aoki
Stanford University
Henri and Tomoye Takahashi professor emeritus of Japanese studies
Kenneth J. Arrow
Stanford University
1972 Nobel laureate in Economics, professor of Economics (emeritus)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Warsaw School of Economics
Professor of Economics
Olivier Blanchard
MIT
Currently on leave as the economic counselor and director of the research department of the International Monetary Fund
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution
Senior fellow, economic studies, Global Economy and Development and Robert V. Roosa chair
Sergio Rebelo
Northwestern University
Tokai Bank professor of Finance
Dani Rodrik
Harvard University
Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Kenneth Rogoff
Harvard University
Professor of Economics and Thomas D. Cabot professor of Public Policy
Paul Romer
Stanford University
Senior fellow at Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Matthew Slaughter
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Associate Dean of the MBA program and the Signal Companies professor of Management
Robert Solow
MIT
1987 Nobel laureate in Economics, Emeritus Institute professor, Economics department
MGI alumni
Diana Farrell
Current director of the McKinsey Center for Government and a director of McKinsey based in Washington, D.C. Served as deputy director of the US National Economic Council and deputy assistant to the president for economic policy. Led MGI from 2002–2008.
Ted Hall
Former director of McKinsey, led knowledge building efforts and had a 27-year career at the firm. He co-founded MGI and later served as its chairman.
William Lewis
Was a partner of McKinsey for 20 years and co-founding director of MGI from its founding in 1990 until his retirement from McKinsey in 2001.
Lenny Mendonca
Former chairman of MGI and firm's knowledge building efforts. Currently serves as a McKinsey director and a public sector practice leader based in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.