Susan Lund is a Senior Fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute, where she
leads its research on global capital markets. MGI publishes an annual update on
trends in global capital markets, based in part on a unique database of the
world's financial markets. In addition, recent reports have examined the
sustainability of the US current account deficit, analyzed prospects for China's
financial system, and assessed how India's financial sector affects economic
growth. MGI has also examined the impact of hedge funds, private
equity, petrodollars, and Asian central banks on global financial markets. Prior
research looked at the origins of financial crises.
Lund joined McKinsey as a consultant in 1996 in the Washington, DC office. She served a variety of clients in investment banking, financial services, and international financial institutions. She became a member of the Board of Editors at The McKinsey Quarterly in 2000, where she wrote numerous journal articles and opinion pieces for leading international publications on economics and public policy.
Prior to joining McKinsey, Ms. Lund was a Fulbright Fellow in the Philippines, where she conducted research on micro-credit programs, and worked as a consultant at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development in Yunnan, China. She was an analyst at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington DC, and served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a remote mountain community in the Philippines.
Ms. Lund holds a Ph.D. in international economics from Stanford University. Prior to that, she graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Her publications have appeared in journals such as Foreign Affairs, the Far Eastern Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Development, the Milken Review, the International Economy, and the McKinsey Quarterly.
