Sir Ian Edward Lamert Davis (born 10 March 1951) is an English businessman, best known for his role as
managing director
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of
McKinsey & Company.
He succeeded
Rajat Gupta
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on 1 July 2003. He joined McKinsey in 1979
retired in 2010,
after 7 years at
Bowater
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History
The North American assets of Bow ...
and currently serves as a senior partner emeritus.
Davis was born in
Kent
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, England. 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
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,
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
He is the brother of former
Reed Elsevier
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chairman
Crispin Davis. His twin brother is Sir
Nigel Davis, a
Court of Appeal judge.
He is currently chairman of Thoughtworks.
Davis was a Non-Executive Director at
Johnson & Johnson,
BP,
Teach For All, Big Society Trust and He is a Senior Adviser to
Apax Partners
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and
Majid Al Futtaim Group
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.
Davis was
knighted in the
2019 Birthday Honours for services to business.
Memberships
* Non-executive Director of Xlinks
* Non-executive Director
BP since 2 April 2010
* Independent Non-Executive Director
Johnson & Johnson
* Non-Executive Director
Majid Al Futtaim Group
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* Non-Executive Director
Mubadala
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* Non-Executive Director
Teach For All
* Non-Executive Director Big Society Trust
* Non-Executive Member of
Cabinet Office
* Senior Adviser to
McKinsey & Company
* Senior Adviser to
Apax Partners
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* International Business Council of the
World Economic Forum
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References
People from Kent
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
McKinsey & Company people
1951 births
Living people
Directors of BP
English chief executives
British corporate directors
Knights Bachelor
Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
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