Tunde Olanrewaju, CBE

Tunde Olanrewaju is the managing partner for Europe and a senior partner in McKinsey’s London office. He previously served as managing partner for McKinsey’s UK, Ireland, and Israel offices. Tunde 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, organisation 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 and AI at scale. He was previously the firm’s global chief technology and platform officer, responsible for advancing 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-plus 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 organisations and support the next generation of senior black talent.

Outside McKinsey, he is a trustee of Oxfam, a not-for-profit organisation that fights against poverty, and a board member of Innovate UK, the United Kingdom’s commercial innovation agency, which is part of UKRI. He is also a member of Imperial College Council and on the UK Government Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, where he contributes to the development and long-term delivery of HM Government’s industrial strategy.

Tunde holds a first-class master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Imperial College London. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 for services to business.