Tom Isherwood

Tom focuses on supporting governments and local champions in competing globally with technology and AI while helping global companies enter and succeed in Middle Eastern markets.

Examples of his recent client work include:

• advising rapidly transforming government institutions across over ten countries, including setting national-level strategic direction, driving concrete and measurable financial and economic impact, building institutional capabilities, and deploying AI to enhance government services and productivity
• partnering with local champions across the energy, industrial, and tech sectors to deploy AI and other technologies to drive bottom-line performance
• supporting global technology companies in understanding and adapting to the changing Middle Eastern markets, helping them establish and scale operations to seize emerging opportunities and contribute to the region’s transformation

Before joining McKinsey, Tom earned a Master of Philosophy with distinction in modern Middle Eastern studies from Oxford University. A native English speaker, Tom is also conversational in Arabic.