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Friends of Europe’s Dharmendra Kanani engages Sven Smit, Chair of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, in a conversation on how Europe can respond intelligently to demographic, economic and technological challenges. Drawing on insights from MGI’s recent work, the discussion examines how Europe can stimulate strategic investment, unleash innovation and foster inclusive growth.
As demographic pressures intensify and traditional policy solutions reach their limits, Europe must rethink how to support prosperity across generations. (De)regulation, smarter public-private collaboration, and investments in both human capital and infrastructure will be essential to maintaining competitiveness. At the same time, innovation – from AI to advanced manufacturing – can help reduce costs and enhance affordability, particularly for lower-income groups.
The conversation highlights the need for a coherent approach that embraces change, unlocks productivity and ensures that Europe’s economic transformation leaves no one behind.
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Dharmendra Kanani
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Chief Operating Officer and Chief Spokesperson of Friends of Europe
Prior to joining Friends of Europe, Dharmendra Kanani was director of policy at the European Foundation Centre (EFC). He was the England director at the Big Lottery Fund, the largest independent funder in the UK and fourth largest in the world. Dharmendra has held senior positions in the public and voluntary sectors and advisor to numerous ministerial policy initiatives across the UK.
Sven Smit
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Chair of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company
Sven Smit is currently spearheading McKinsey’s work on the Western European region. During his 30-year-long career at McKinsey, Smit has acquired experience on the analysis of business growth, examining the way megatrends influence it, and defining the lessons of diversified growth. As Co-Chair of MGI, he leads research on global economic trends and topics, such as productivity and growth, urbanization, innovation and technology, labour markets and the Future of Work, emerging markets and Europe’s economic outlook, focusing on the social contract and how it has changed over the past 20 years – and especially this year.
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