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Clarisse Magnin

Senior PartnerParis

Former Managing Partner of McKinsey in France (2021-2025), now leader of the Consumer and Retail practice in Europe, Clarisse also supports clients in other sectors such as agrifood, utilities, tech and private equity. She is a member of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) leadership team since 2021, and one of the leaders of the Sustainability practice worldwide.

Based in the Paris Office, Clarisse is a Senior Partner at McKinsey, where she leads the Consumer and Retail practice for Europe, which includes seven sub-sectors: consumer packaged goods, specialty and food distribution, luxury, beauty, fashion, and foodservice. She also works in other sectors, including agriculture, utilities, tech, and private equity.

She supports clients worldwide on issues ranging from strategy to commercial and operational transformations, with a particular focus on change management.

Between 2019 and 2021, she served on our Global Operating Committee in charge of Client Service and as an “Action Officer” to our Board (“Shareholders Council”).

Former Managing Director of McKinsey France from 2021 to 2025, Clarisse is a member of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) council, which publishes research on economic, business, and technology trends. She has coauthored several publications on critical issues, such as plastics, waste, food transition, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the circular economy. In recent years, Clarisse has regularly spoken at local and international forums, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, VivaTechnology and the Rencontres Économiques in Aix-en-Provence.

Clarisse is deeply involved in topics ranging from employment to human capital. She cofounded and chaired Generation France, a nonprofit organization that develops training programs for young people distanced from the labor market and is a partner of the association Les Pilotes aiming to promote social mobility among young people from the suburbs. She is also committed to promoting meritocracy and diversity, having initiated several initiatives supporting gender diversity, origin diversity, and promoting access to higher education for first-generation students.

She previously worked in the Firm’s Boston, New Jersey, and New York offices.

She holds a degree from HEC Paris and a DEA in Economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Published work

Beyond ESG: From checklists to capabilities, McKinsey Global Institute, September 2025

Grandes et petites entreprises : plus de complémentarité pour plus de compétitivité”, McKinsey & Company, July 2025

Quels nouveaux visages pour la mondialisation ?”, McKinsey & Company, July 2024

L’humain, capital au cœur de la performance durable de l’entreprise”, McKinsey & Company, July 2023

Reducing food loss: What grocery retailers and manufacturers can do”, McKinsey & Company, September 2022

Revitalizing the inclusive and sustainable growth model in Europe and France”, McKinsey & Company, July 2022

The corporation in the 21st century,” McKinsey & Company, November 2021

Transformer les opérations de l’industrie agroalimentaire française pour renouer avec une croissance rentable et durable | France”, McKinsey & Company, August 2021

Prioritizing sustainability in the consumer sector’s sustainable future,” McKinsey & Company, August 2021

Réussir la transition de l’Europe vers la neutralité carbone”, McKinsey & Company, July 2021

NEF Spotlight: The path forward for retail’s sustainable future,” McKinsey & Company, July 2021

Unlocking the online retail opportunity with European farmers,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020

Agir face au risque climatique | France”, McKinsey & Company, July 2020

Quel avenir pour le modèle coopératif agricole français ?”, McKinsey & Company, July 2019

Refashioning clothing’s environmental impact”, McKinsey & Company, July 2019

Denmark lays out vision for a New Plastics Economy”, McKinsey & Company, May 2019

How AI can unlock a $127B opportunity by reducing food waste”, McKinsey & Company, March 2019

Artificial intelligence and the circular economy: AI as a tool to accelerate the transition,” McKinsey & Company, January 2019

The new plastics economy: A Danish research, innovation and business opportunity”, McKinsey & Company, January 2019

A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion’s future,” McKinsey & Company, November 2017

“From ‘why’ to ‘why not’: Sustainable investing as the new normal,” McKinsey & Company, October 2017

How big data will revolutionize the global food chain,” McKinsey & Company, August 2016

Toward a circular economy in food,” McKinsey Quarterly, February 2016

French employment 2020: Five priorities for action,” McKinsey Global Institute, May 2012

Education

HEC Paris
MS, management

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
MA, economics