Susan Lund is a partner at McKinsey & Company and a leader of the McKinsey Global Institute based in Washington, DC. She is an expert on global labor markets, financial markets, and trade. Her latest research assesses how new technologies and demand impact global trade and value chains. Susan's research has also analyzed the effects of automation and artificial intelligence on the future of work and workforce skills; provided new evidence on the size and motivations of the gig economy in the United States and Europe; quantified the potential economic impact of digital finance and mobile money in developing countries; and assessed the continuing accumulation of global debt and potential risks.