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Tunde Olanrewaju

Managing Partner, UK, Ireland and IsraelLondon

As managing partner of McKinsey’s UK, Ireland and Israel offices, Tunde brings deep experience in supporting a range of financial services, private equity, consumer facing and public sector institutions on strategy, digital transformation, analytics, operations, organization and culture.

Tunde is the managing partner for McKinsey’s UK, Ireland and Israel offices and is a Senior Partner in McKinsey’s London office. He is also a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders Council, the firm’s board of directors.

In his client service, he works with a range of financial services, private equity, real estate, consumer facing and public sector institutions on strategy, digital transformation, analytics, operations, organization and culture – ultimately aspiring to make these institutions resilient and position them for sustainable, inclusive growth. He also co-leads the firm’s fintech practice in Europe.

Tunde was one of the leaders that helped create McKinsey Digital, using design, software engineering, analytics, and product capabilities to support clients on digital transformation, new businesses and application of data analytics / AI at scale. He was previously the firm’s Global Chief Technology and Platform Officer, responsible for advancing our client and colleague-facing technology assets across the world, and ensuring their cyber and operational resilience.

Selected research Tunde has led for McKinsey includes examining the evolving UK corporate landscape and actions to unlock ambition, growth, and outperformance; as well as an independent report on the impact of the UK arts sector, in collaboration with 70+ leading UK arts institutions.

Tunde is a leader of the McKinsey Black Network—a global community of colleagues, alumni and executives committed to creating an environment that helps develop black leaders in their organizations and support the next generation of senior black talent. Outside McKinsey, he is a trustee of Oxfam, a not-for-profit organization that fights against poverty, and a board member of Innovate UK, the United Kingdom’s commercial innovation agency, which is part of UKRI.

Tunde holds a first-class master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Imperial College London

 

Published work

Aiming higher: Embedding ‘systematic ambition’ to drive UK corporate growth,” McKinsey & Company, July 2024

Ethnocultural minorities in Europe: A potential triple win, McKinsey & Company, February 2024

Ethnocultural minorities in Europe: An untapped growth opportunity,” McKinsey & Company, November 2023

The arts in the UK: Seeing the big picture,” McKinsey & Company, November 2023

Fintechs: A new paradigm of growth,” McKinsey & Company, October 2023

Race in the UK workplace: The intersectional experience,” McKinsey & Company, June 2023

Europe’s fintech opportunity,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022

Fintech in Africa: The end of the beginning,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022

Financial data unbound: The value of open data for individuals and institutions,” McKinsey & Company, June 2021

Problems amid progress: Improving lives and livelihoods for ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom,” McKinsey & Company, October 2020

Detour: An altered path to profit for European fintechs,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020

Harnessing Nigeria's fintech potential,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020

Tech for Good: Helping the United Kingdom improve lives and livelihoods,” McKinsey & Company, July 2020

What it takes to deliver breakthrough customer experiences,” McKinsey & Company, November 2015

Cutting Through the FinTech Noise: Markers of Success, Imperatives For Banks,” McKinsey & Company, December 2015

How winning banks refocus their IT budgets for digital,” McKinsey & Company, December 2014

The rise of the digital bank,” McKinsey & Company, July 2014

Finding your digital sweet spot,” McKinsey & Company, November 2013 

Education

Imperial College London
MEng, electrical and electronic engineering (Lucent Technologies Global Science Scholar)