Charles Roxburgh

Charles Roxburgh is a Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey's long-term economics research unit.  In this role, he has led MGI's recent work on growth including: the impact of deleveraging on economic growth (published as Debt & Deleveraging in January 2010); the economic potential for growth in Africa (Lions on the move, June 2010); and Beyond Austerity, a path to European growth and renewal (October 2010) which examined the potential for structural reform across the EU-15 as a driver of future growth.  He also co-authored the recent report, Farewell to Cheap Capital, which looked at long-term trends in savings and investment levels in the world economy.   He led McKinsey's work with the World Economic Forum on 'sustainable credit', published in January 2100 as 'More credit with fewer crises'.   

Charles is also a Director of McKinsey & Company.  In his client work, he has served a wide range of financial institutions on issues of strategy, risk management and organisation.   He has extensive experience in both Retail and Wholesale banking, and in both Life and Property & Casualty insurance.   He has worked in Europe, the US and Asia.  In addition to working with large banks and insurance companies, he has also served hedge funds and private equity investors, and a number of leading law firms. 

From 1999 to 2003, he was the co-leader of McKinsey’s Strategy Practice world-wide, and edited the McKinsey Quarterly anthology "On Strategy". His article, The Hidden Flaws in Strategy, published by the Quarterly in 2003, explored the role of cognitive biases in causing bad business strategy, especially in financial institutions.  A related article, The Use and Abuse of Scenarios, was published in 2009. 

Charles holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a degree in classics from Trinity College, Cambridge.