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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

Chris Bradley is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and serves as a director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), where he leads research on the economic and business issues most critical to the world’s companies and policy leaders. He previously led McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice across Asia and developed many of our firm’s modern strategy frameworks.

He brings insights from a wide repertoire of industries and over 25 years McKinsey experience. His recent client work spans software, media, banking, retail, consumer packaged goods, and telecommunications.

With MGI, Chris leads research on productivity and growth, industries of the future, demographics, and the energy transition. In his home market of Australia, he is at the forefront of the debate about how to restore productivity growth.

He is a coauthor of the just-released book A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come, and a coauthor of the internationally best-selling book Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick.

Outside of McKinsey, Chris serves on the boards of Opportunity International Australia, a charity focused on financial inclusion in the developing world, and The Centre for Independent Studies, an Australian think tank dedicated to freedom and prosperity.

Chris is a passionate guitar player, skier, and adventure motorcyclist, and a father to three daughters.

Education

London School of Economics
MSc, Economics

University of New South Wales, Sydney
BSc, Mathematics
BComm (Hons), Finance