Our People

MGI leadership

MGI is led by McKinsey & Company senior partners Sven Smit, who serves as chair, and Chris Bradley, Kweilin Ellingrud, Sylvain Johansson, Nick Leung, and Olivia White, who serve as MGI directors.

Sven Smit

Senior Partner, Chair of Insights and Ecosystems, and Chair of McKinsey Global InstituteAmsterdam

Leads research on economic and business trends and works with companies to develop business strategies and transformations

Chris Bradley

McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior PartnerSydney

Leads research on global economic, business, and tech trends and works on strategic transformations for organizations across sectors

Kweilin Ellingrud

McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior PartnerMinneapolis

Leads insights and discussions on the future of work, gender equality, racial equity, and productivity. Serves clients across strategy and operational transformations and leads Diversity and Inclusion for McKinsey globally.

Sylvain Johansson

McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior PartnerGeneva

Leads the McKinsey Global Institute and supports financial-services institutions in strategy, transformation, underwriting, risk, investment management, sustainability and the net-zero transition

Nick Leung

McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior PartnerHong Kong

Advises global and Chinese companies across a range of industries.

Olivia White

McKinsey Global Institute Director and Senior PartnerBay Area

Leads research on global economic, business, and tech trends and brings deep expertise in strategy, risk management, and operational transformations to financial institutions worldwide

Mekala Krishnan

McKinsey Global Institute PartnerBoston

Leads the McKinsey Global Institute’s research on topics related to sustainable and inclusive growth, including climate risk and the net-zero transition, globalization, productivity growth, and gender economics

Anu Madgavkar

McKinsey Global Institute PartnerNew Jersey

Leads global research focused on sustainable and inclusive growth; labor markets, human capital, and the future of work; technology’s economic impact; digital and financial inclusion; and gender economics

Jan Mischke

McKinsey Global Institute PartnerZurich

Leads MGI’s research on productivity and prosperity

Jeongmin Seong

McKinsey Global Institute PartnerShanghai

Leads MGI teams based in China, working on global as well as China-focused research

Tilman Tacke

McKinsey Global Institute PartnerMunich

Cares about economic growth that benefits people

MGI Council

MGI Council members provide expert input on MGI research and are selected from around the world from various sectors.

Marco Piccitto

Managing Partner, Mediterranean office and McKinsey Global Institute Council ChairMilan

Leads our Mediterranean office and global research. He advises leading European financial and industrial institutions on a broad range of topics, including business strategy, transformations, risk management, sustainability, and artificial intelligence

Michael Birshan

Senior PartnerLondon

Global coleader of our Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice, partnering with bold and determined leaders to set strategy, transform organizations, and deliver sustainable value

Andrés Cadena

Senior PartnerBogotá

Champions Latin America’s economic development and applies financial and strategic expertise in work with the region’s public and private sectors

Gemma D’Auria

Senior partner, global leader of McKinsey’s Apparel, Fashion & Luxury sectorMilan

Supports retail, fashion, and luxury brands in driving transformations for higher performance and health

Eric Hazan

Senior PartnerParis

Among the leaders of the Growth, Marketing & Sales Practice as well as the Digital Practice in Western Europe. Valued member of the McKinsey Global Institute Council.

Solveigh Hieronimus

Senior PartnerMunich

She serves clients across heavily regulated industries such as energy, infrastructure, healthcare and finance on topics covering digital and data strategies, sustainability, and innovation/growth.

Amit Khera

Senior PartnerGurugram

Leads GEM Practice in India and drives end-to-end operations, growth and organization transformations across the Energy and Materials as well as government sectors

Dymfke Kuijpers

Senior PartnerSingapore

Leads McKinsey’s retail and consumer work in Asia and retail globally

Acha Leke

Senior PartnerJohannesburg

Works with key public, private, and social sector institutions to accelerate growth and development in Africa

Clarisse Magnin-Mallez

Senior Managing PartnerParis

Managing Partner of McKinsey in France. Leads our work in the Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail Practices in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; the agriculture sector in France; and the circular-economy initiative worldwide

Tarek Mansour

Senior PartnerDubai

Counsels leaders on strategy and performance transformations; has over two decades focused on improving ROI for corporations and national investment-led value creation

Jurica Novak

Senior PartnerWarsaw

Trusted by banks, private-equity firms, and consumer-goods producers for his expertise in risk management, turnarounds, pricing, operational topics, and sales-force effectiveness.

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

Hans-Helmut Kotz

Harvard University, Visiting Professor
Senior Fellow of the Center for Financial Studies
Program Director of the SAFE Policy Center at Goethe University

Rakesh Mohan

Yale University
Professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance, School of Management, and Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs

Sir Christopher Pissarides

London School of Economics
Nobel Laureate and Regius Professor of Economics

Matthew Slaughter

Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Paul Danos Dean of the Tuck School of Business
Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business

Michael Spence

Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Professor of Economics emeritus
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford, Adjunct Professor at SDA Bocconi, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001

Laura Tyson

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School

MGI alumni

Diana Farrell

Led MGI from 2002–2008 and was a director of the McKinsey Center for Government based in Washington, D.C. Served as deputy director of the US National Economic Council and deputy assistant to the president for economic policy under President Obama. Most recently, she was the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Currently is an independent director and trustee of various organizations, including eBay, Urban Institute, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the National Academies of Sciences’ Committee on National Statistics.

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.

Eric Labaye

Former chairman of MGI and leader of the firm's knowledge-building efforts. Previously served as a McKinsey senior partner and office manager for France, based in Paris. He is currently President of École Polytechnique.

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.

Susan Lund

A former partner at MGI, Susan had a 25-year career at McKinsey. She is currently Vice President, Economics and Private Sector Development at the International Finance Corporation in Washington, DC.

James Manyika

James is senior partner and chairman emeritus of MGI as of January 2022, following a more than 25-year career at McKinsey. He is currently Senior Vice President of Technology and Society at Google, reporting directly to the CEO of Alphabet. He previously served as vice-chair of the United States Global Development Council at the White House and on the US National Innovation Advisory Board, among other government and business commissions and initiatives. As a board-member, trustee, or advisor, he continues to be involved with numerous think tanks, academic institutions, and non-profit and philanthropic foundations.

Lenny Mendonca

Former chairman of MGI and firm's knowledge building efforts. Previously served as a McKinsey director and a public sector practice leader based in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. He previously served as the State of California's Chief Economic and Business Advisor and Director of the Office of Business and Economic Development, and Co-chair of California Forward.

Charles Roxburgh

Former London-based director of MGI and McKinsey senior partner. He also served as Director General of Financial Services at HM Treasury and as Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.

Lola Woetzel

Based in China since 1985, Dr. Lola Woetzel co-founded McKinsey's China office. In addition to her work helping Chinese and global businesses, she served as a director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) from 2013-2024. She also led McKinsey's Cities Special Initiative, convening McKinsey's work with city, regional, and national authorities in more than 40 geographies worldwide. She is currently a Visiting Professor of Global China Studies and Business at NYU and a Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University. She serves on the boards of Delterra, Tianjin Juilliard and Project Drawdown.