Kweilin is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and leads Diversity and Inclusion for McKinsey globally. She has broad experience redesigning operating models in financial services and beyond to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness through process redesign, digital, and analytics.
At MGI, Kweilin has led and is most active on topics such as gender equality (Power of Parity), racial equity, generative AI, the future of work, global competitiveness, and sustainable and inclusive growth. She is a frequent speaker at global conferences and works with multilateral organizations, global philanthropies, and companies on how to move towards gender and racial equality.
Kweilin is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and previously worked full-time for two years at a Boston nonprofit helping women entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses through microfinance. Growing up, Kweilin spent a number of years in China, Ecuador, France, and Japan, living with local families and learning the local language.
Published work
“The next big arenas of competition,” McKinsey Global Institute, October 2024
“A better life everyone can afford: Lifting a quarter billion people to economic empowerment,” McKinsey & Company, May 2024
“Are women’s prime working years in peril?,” McKinsey & Company, March 2024
"Closing the women’s health gap: A $1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies," McKinsey Health Institute, January 2024
“Asia on the cusp of a new era,” McKinsey Global Institute, September 2023
“Generative AI: How will it affect future jobs and workflows?,” McKinsey Global Institute, September 2023
“From poverty to empowerment: Raising the bar for sustainable and inclusive growth,” McKinsey Global Institute, August 2023
Generative AI and the future of work in America, McKinsey Global Institute, July 2023
“Rekindling US productivity for a new era,” McKinsey Global Institute, February 2023
“The China imperative for multinational companies,” McKinsey Global Institute, January 2023
“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lighthouses 2023,” McKinsey & Company, January 2023
“Inflation-weary Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the economy,” McKinsey & Company, December 2022
“How does Gen Z see its place in the working world? With trepidation,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022
“The overlooked contributions and hidden challenges of Asian Americans,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022
“Empowering economic growth in the Latino community,” McKinsey & Company, September 2022
“Asian American workers: Diverse outcomes and hidden challenges,” McKinsey & Company, September 2022
“Freelance, side hustles, and gigs: Many more Americans have become independent workers,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“The strong job market isn’t benefiting all Americans,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“Americans are embracing flexible work—and they want more of it,” McKinsey & Company, June 2022
“Addressing unequal opportunity in an American city,” McKinsey & Company, May 2022
“For many Americans, economic opportunity seems increasingly out of reach,” McKinsey & Company, May 2022
“Meeting the challenge of moms’ ‘double double shift’ at home and work,” McKinsey & Company, May 2022
“Closing the racial wealth gap by investing in Black consumers,” McKinsey & Company, April 2022
“Why the post-COVID-19 economic recovery can’t be about ‘growth at all costs’,” McKinsey & Company, April 2022
“Accelerating diversity in insurance,” McKinsey & Company, March 2022
“Five steps to improve innovation in the insurance industry,” McKinsey & Company, March 2022
“Creating value, finding focus: Global Insurance Report 2022,” McKinsey & Company, February 2022
“America 2022 in charts: An economic opportunity snapshot,” McKinsey & Company, December 2021
“Toward an equitable economic recovery in Minneapolis–St. Paul,” McKinsey & Company, November 2021
“Closing the gender and race gaps in North American financial services,” McKinsey & Company, October 2021
“What we lose when we lose women in the workforce,” McKinsey & Company, May 2021
“Unequal America: Ten insights on the state of economic opportunity,” McKinsey & Company, May 2021
“The productivity imperative for US life and annuities carriers,” McKinsey & Company, March 2021
“The future of work after COVID-19,” McKinsey Global Institute, February 2021
“The future of life insurance: Reimagining the industry for the decade ahead,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020
“Ten things to know about gender equality,” McKinsey Global Institute, September 2020
“Reimagining supply chain resilience,” Forbes, August 2020
“Building the vital skills for the future of work in operations,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020
“Which small businesses are most vulnerable to COVID-19—and when,” McKinsey & Company, June 2020
“COVID-19 and jobs: Monitoring the US impact on people and places,” McKinsey Global Institute, April 2020
“Lives and livelihoods: Assessing the near-term impact of COVID-19 on US workers,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020
“The future of women at work: Transitions in the age of automation,” McKinsey Global Institute, June 2019
“Life insurance product innovation: What insurers can learn from leading tech and consumer companies,” McKinsey & Company, January 2019
“Closing the tech gender gap through philanthropy and corporate social responsibility,” McKinsey & Company, September 2018
“The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in Asia Pacific,” McKinsey Global Institute, April 2018
“Partnering for parity: Strengthening collaborations for gender equality,” McKinsey & Company, October 2017
Education
Harvard University
MBA; BA, economics and political science
