Alok Kshirsagar is a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company with deep experience in performance improvement and growth initiatives through his time in the firm’s London, New York, and India offices. Alok has led a number of McKinsey capabilities as well. He is currently the Asia Leader for the People and Organizational Performance Platform which is responsible for all of McKinsey’s people, assets, and techniques that drive organizational health, improve execution through large-scale capability building, and build new leadership skills for clients. Previously he has also led the Asia Risk Management practice, and the McKinsey Asia Centre – a special initiative to help companies drive successful global expansion. He also serves on the Partner Review Committee that evaluates all partners globally. He is the Honorary President of the National Association for the Blind, in Karnataka. He serves on a number of other boards for non-profits such as: PRS Legislative Research, Aangan, the United World Colleagues National Committee for India, and the advisory board of the Wildlife Conservation Trust. The World Economic Forum named Alok a "Young Global Leader" in 2012 in recognition of his commitment to international business and public policy. Alok received a postgraduate degree in Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where he was an Inlaks Scholar. He has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai where he was a National Merit Scholar.