Ian Davis

Ian Davis

Ian Edward Lamert Davis (born 10 March 1951) was a longtime top senior partner and director at management consultancy McKinsey & Company, serving as managing director (chief executive) from 2003 to 2009. He succeeded Rajat Gupta on 1 July 2003. He joined McKinsey in 1979, retired in 2010 and currently serves as a senior partner emeritus.

Davis was born in Kent, UK. Prior to becoming managing director, he was office manager of McKinsey's London and UK office. He has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University. He is a member of the board of BP.

He is the brother of former Reed Elsevier chairman Crispin Davis.

Davis is a Non-Executive Director at Johnson & Johnson Inc, BP plc, Teach For All Inc, Big Society Trust and Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC. He is a Senior Adviser to Apax Partners LLP, a Non-Executive Board Member at the UK Cabinet Office and an Advisory Director of King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre.