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World Economic Forum 2004 - Biographies

McKinsey sent six official delegates to Davos this year. You can learn more about them and their areas of expertise in their biographies below. We have also included information on McKinsey consultants who contributed to this feature.

Delegates
Ian Davis, Managing Director
During Davis's 23 years with McKinsey, he has worked on a range of strategic, marketing and organizational issues, primarily for multinational companies. His particular functional interest is in consumer related and retail industries.
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Michael Patsalos-Fox, Director, Americas
Michael Patsalos-Fox is director, Americas, in charge of overseeing the firm’s North and South American offices. He sits on McKinsey's shareholder committee, the senior governance body of the firm.
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Dominic Barton, Director, Asia
Dominic Barton is director, Asia, responsible for overseeing the firm’s offices in Asia. He is also a member of the firm's shareholder committee (a number of directors acting as board to the firm) and partner review committee.
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Michael Wolf, Former Director
Michael Wolf is the former managing partner of the Media & Entertainment Practice. He has worked with business leaders in new and traditional media, spanning broadcasting, telecommunications, consumer electronics, music, publishing, Internet retailing, sports, and consumer products. In November 2005, Michael became president and COO of MTV Networks.
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Rajat Gupta, Senior Director
Since joining the firm, Gupta has directed projects aimed at helping companies develop new product/market strategies and reorganize for improved effectiveness and operations capabilities. He has a broad range of consulting experience with a variety of industries, including telecommunications, energy, and consumer goods.
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Jürgen Kluge, Director, Germany
Jürgen Kluge is the German office manager. He has worked on studies for companies in high tech industries on issues of technology transition and strategy, subsequently extending his professional interest to operations and R&D, working primarily in the automotive industry on cost reduction, development, purchasing, and strategy studies.
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Governors
Christian Caspar, Director
Christian Caspar head of the Corporate Finance Practice, is a member of the firm's shareholder committee, the senior governance body of the firm, and is chairman of the directors committee.
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Florian Budde, Director
Florian Budde, a director in the Frankfurt office, co-leads the European Chemical Practice of McKinsey. He is a member of the firm's shareholder committee, the senior governance body of the firm, and is chairman of the directors committee.
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Other Contributors
Diana Farrell, Director of McKinsey Global Institute
Diana Farrell is the director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey’s internal economics think tank. Under Farrell’s leadership, MGI’s research agenda has spanned additional, related topics including foreign direct investment, offshoring, capital markets, and the relationship between IT and productivity.
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Jonathan Woetzel, Director
Jonathan Woetzel is a director in McKinsey's Greater China office (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei), and leader of its Corporate Finance Practice in China. In his 18 years with McKinsey, Dr. Woetzel has advised a broad range of Chinese and multinational companies on strategic, organizational, and operational issues.
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WEF 2004 Feature
Introduction
Offshoring
China
Risk, Control, and Performance
McKinsey Quarterly Articles
Biographies
 
Ian Davis
 
Michael Patsalos-Fox
 
Dominic Barton
 
Michael Wolf
 
Rajat Gupta
 
Jürgen Kluge
 
Christian Caspar
 
Florian Budde
 
Diana Farrell
 
Jonathan Woetzel
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