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Resilience, confidence, and being unafraid to ask for help. These are three traits María del Mar Martínez, McKinsey’s global chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, has adopted during her professional journey. To celebrate Women’s History Month, we sat down with 11 McKinsey leaders across the globe to ask them about their experiences as women in the workplace—and beyond. Their stories, though unique, reveal common threads of grit and tenacity. Visit the full collection for key lessons, meaningful moments, and sound career advice, or click through to each video interview below.
María del Mar Martínez is a senior partner in Madrid who co-leads McKinsey’s Risk & Resilience practice and advises financial institutions on growth strategies and organization, innovation, risk management, and control. She is also McKinsey’s global chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.
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Kweilin Ellingrud is a McKinsey Global Institute director and senior partner in Minneapolis who leads insights and discussions on future of work, gender equality, racial equity, and productivity.
Katy George, senior partner and chief people officer, oversees all people functions across the firm, including diversity and inclusion, and leads client transformation and research around technology-enabled operations and manufacturing.
Tania Holt, who leads McKinsey’s healthcare work across Africa, advises governments, development agencies, philanthropists, and private sector entities on topics of public health and safety, control of endemic diseases, pharma supply chains, and operational efficiencies.
Alexis Krivkovich is a senior partner who leads McKinsey’s Bay Area office and our financial technology work in North America.
Anu Madgavkar is a McKinsey Global Institute partner who leads global research focused on labor markets and human capital, technology’s economic impact, gender economics, digital and financial inclusion, and inclusive growth.
Clarisse Magnin-Mallez, managing partner of McKinsey in France, leads 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.
Liz Hilton Segel is chief client officer and managing partner of global industry practices. Liz counsels CEOs and aligns with their teams and broader organizations to build new capabilities and new businesses with a focus on growth and performance transformation.
Jin Wang is a senior partner in Shenzhen who specializes in the healthcare space.
Lareina Yee is a senior partner in the Bay Area who advises technology companies on growth and organizational transformation. As a leading expert in gender and diversity, Lareina became the firm’s first diversity and inclusion officer.
Jill Zucker, a senior partner in New York, brings a unique perspective to help clients anticipate the changing needs of consumers in financial services and adjacent markets.
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— Edited by Eleni Kostopoulos, managing editor, New York
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