Sven Smit is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and co-chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey's business and economics research arm, and a member of the McKinsey Shareholder Council. 
He leads MGI research on global economic trends and topics such as labor markets and the future of work, productivity and growth, urbanization, innovation and technology, emerging markets, and Europe's economic outlook. 

MGI’s has been extensively researching the Future of Work. Publications include Jobs lost, jobs gained (report, Nov 2017), Skill shift (June 2018), The future of women at work (June 2019) and a series of country and region reports, including the latest, The future of Work in Europe (June 2020), of which Sven is an author. 

He helps McKinsey develop the firm’s point of view on core issues such as economic volatility, inflation, and uncertainty, and defines ways to help clients navigate the problems. As a leader of McKinsey’s global strategy & corporate finance practice, Sven works with leading companies to develop strategies for growth, serving all industries. 

Sven is co-author of two business books, Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick (2018), and The Granularity of Growth (2008) and he is regular speaker at conferences around the world.

He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from INSEAD.