Kweilin Ellingrud

Kweilin is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and leads Diversity and Inclusion for McKinsey globally. She has broad experience redesigning operating models in financial services and beyond to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness through process redesign, digital, and analytics. She also works with multilateral organizations, global philanthropies, and companies on how to move towards gender and racial equality. She previously led McKinsey’s Life Insurance Practice in North America. At MGI, Kweilin has led research on gender equality (Power of Parity), racial equity, generative AI, the future of work, productivity, and sustainable and inclusive growth. She is a frequent speaker at global conferences and is a contributing columnist for Forbes. She is also the co-author of the book The Broken Rung to help women navigate their careers. Kweilin is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She previously worked full-time for two years at a Boston nonprofit helping women entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses through microfinance. Growing up, Kweilin spent a number of years in China, Ecuador, France, and Japan, living with local families and learning the local language.