Kweilin Ellingrud

Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company who speaks globally on gender equality and company-wide transformations. McKinsey Global Institute Council member and co-author of Instigator and co-author of Power of Parity to capture $12T to close global gender gap. Author of 2019 McKinsey Global Institute report on “The future of women at work: Transitions in the age of automation.” Leader of McKinsey’s Life Insurance practice in North America, and leader in McKinsey’s North American Operations Practice.
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. in Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and Wellesley College. Worked at Center for Women & Enterprise, a nonprofit that helps women entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.
Board member of Makers and the Greater Twin Cities United Way. Named one of “Top 10 Corporate Women in Minn.” by Twin Cities Business Magazine and a “2015 Women in Business” by Minn. / St. Paul Business Journal.