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Marc Canal

Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global InstituteBarcelona

Leads research on global progress, productivity, and economic growth and their intersections with demographics, human capital, and innovation and technology

Marc is an associate partner and senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey’s business and economics research arm. He is based in Barcelona.

Since 2016, he has led research on productivity and prosperity. This includes areas ranging from global progress and economic growth to demographics, skills, innovation, and technology. Marc speaks about these topics and broader global trends around the world, including in Europe, the United States, and Latin America.

Prior to joining MGI, he served as a consultant at McKinsey, working in industries such as banking, retail, and the public sector in Europe. Marc holds a degree in business administration from ESADE Barcelona, a master’s in financial economics from HEC Paris, and an MBA from the London Business School.

Published work

A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come, McKinsey Global Institute, January 2026

Dependency and depopulation? Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality,” McKinsey Global Institute, January 2025

Investing in productivity growth,” McKinsey Global Institute, March 2024

Global Trade Explorer,” McKinsey Global Institute

Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world,” McKinsey Global Institute, December 2022

Will productivity and growth return after the COVID-19 crisis?,” McKinsey Global Institute, March 2021

Solving the United Kingdom’s productivity puzzle in a digital age, McKinsey Global Institute, September 2018

Education

London Business School
MBA

HEC Paris
MSc, managerial and financial economics

ESADE
Bachelor’s, business administration