Ethnicity British Role Manager Siblings Crispin Davis Name Ian Davis Employer McKinsey & Company | Years active 1972-2010 Citizenship United Kingdom | |
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Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford University Salary $ 5 - 10 million + (estimate) Education Balliol College, University of Oxford | ||
Ian Edward Lamert Davis (born 10 March 1951) is an English businessman, best known for his role as managing director of McKinsey & Company. He succeeded Rajat Gupta on 1 July 2003. He joined McKinsey in 1979 retired in 2010, after 7 years at the Bowater-Scott Corporation and currently serves as a senior partner emeritus.
Davis was born in Kent, UK. Prior to becoming managing director, he was office manager of McKinsey's London and UK office. He has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, University of Oxford. He is a member of the board of BP.
He is the brother of former Reed Elsevier chairman Crispin Davis. His twin brother is Sir Nigel Davis a High Court judge.
Davis is a Non-Executive Director at Johnson & Johnson Inc, BP plc, Teach For All Inc, Big Society Trust and Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC. He is a Senior Adviser to Apax Partners LLP, a Non-Executive Board Member at the UK Cabinet Office and an Advisory Director of King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre.
He is currently chairman of Rolls-Royce Holdings.