Jaana Remes is a senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey & Company's economics research arm, based in San Francisco. MGI's research combines McKinsey's microeconomic understanding of companies and industries with the rigor of leading economic thinking to derive perspectives on global economic issues.
Since 2003, Jaana has co-led MGI's research on productivity, global economic integration, and energy. Current research projects include sector-based productivity and competitiveness analyses of Canada, Russia, and the Middle East. Jaana also leads MGI's research agenda on energy, with recent focus on understanding the microeconomic underpinnings of global energy demand growth, and the opportunity to reduce energy demand growth through higher energy productivity. She contributes to related policy debates through articles and conference presentations.
Previously, Jaana co-led MGI research on the impact of multinational companies on developing-country economies, the process of global industry restructuring, and the effects of foreign direct investment in U.S. automotive industry performance. Other productivity research includes analyses of the United States, South Korea, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.
Prior to joining MGI, Jaana was a consultant on McKinsey corporate finance and strategy projects in the United States and Mexico, primarily working with software, semiconductor, and financial sector clients. Before joining McKinsey, Jaana served as a research fellow and consultant at several international development agencies and universities. She has a Ph.D. in applied economics from Stanford University and a master’s degree in economics and philosophy from the University of Helsinki, Finland.
