Robin Nuttall is an expert partner in the firm’s London office. He is a leader in McKinsey’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and regulatory work and serves clients on these topics across a range of sectors. Robin was recently cited as a “notable practitioner” in ESG around the globe.
Robin has published leading pieces on ESG including: “More than a mission statement: How the 5Ps embed purpose to deliver value,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 5, 2020, “Five ways that ESG creates value,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 14, 2019, and is the coauthor of the book, Connect: How companies succeed by engaging radically with society (PublicAffairs, March 2016).
Robin holds an economics doctorate from Oxford, was a Henry Fellow at Harvard, and has masters and undergraduate degrees in economics from Cambridge.
Published work
“Sustainability: Sources of value creation,” McKinsey & Company, December 2024
“How to make ESG real,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“Does ESG really matter—and why?,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“The role of ESG and purpose,” McKinsey & Company, January 2022
“From principle to practice: Making stakeholder capitalism work,” McKinsey & Company, April 2021
“Charting a path from the shuchu kiyaku to ESG for Japanese companies,” McKinsey & Company, March 2021
“More than a mission statement: How the 5Ps embed purpose to deliver value,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2020
“More than a mission statement: How the 5Ps embed purpose to deliver value,” McKinsey & Company, November 2020
“Can telcos create more value by breaking up?,” McKinsey & Company, January 2020
“Five ways that ESG creates value,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2019
“Five ways that ESG creates value,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2019
“Connect: How companies succeed by engaging radically with society,” (PublicAffairs, March 2016)
“Beyond corporate social responsibility: Integrated external engagement,” McKinsey & Company, March 2013
Education
Oxford University
PhD, economics
Harvard University
Henry Fellow
Cambridge University
BS/MS, economics
