MGI leadership
Sven Smit
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Academic advisors
Martin Baily
Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development
Hans-Helmut Kotz
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
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
Masahiko Aoki
Stanford University
Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Global Economy and Development and Robert V. Roosa Chair
Richard Cooper
1934-2020
Harvard University
Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics
Olivier Blanchard
MIT
Peterson Institute for International Economics Professor and Senior Fellow
Leszek Balcerowicz
Warsaw School of Economics Professor of Economics Former Chairman of the National Bank of Poland and Deputy Prime Minister
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
Jason Furman
Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School and the Department of Economics
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Nonresident senior fellow
Hal Varian
University of California, Berkeley Emeritus Professor, Haas School of Business, and Chief Economist at Google
Robert Solow
1924-2023
MIT
1987 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Emeritus Institute Professor, Economics Department
Dani Rodrik
Harvard University
Professor of International Political Economy at John F. Kennedy School of Government
Kenneth Rogoff
Harvard University Professor of Economics and Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy
Paul Romer
2018 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences,
NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Professor of Economics and Director, The Urbanization Project
MGI alumni
James Manyika
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.
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.