Dr. Darshini Mahadevia is Co-Director of Healthy Workforces at the McKinsey Health Institute, where she co-leads efforts to advance workforce health as a driver of organizational productivity and performance. Darshini has played a central role in shaping how organizations think about workforce health, translating complex research into practical actions that can be implemented at scale.
Her work spans building global evidence on workforce health, advising senior leaders on how these insights apply to their organizations, and supporting efforts to integrate health into the design and management of work. She has contributed to flagship research by the McKinsey Health Institute and McKinsey & Company exploring how organizations can turn workforce health into a source of sustained competitive advantage, covering topics including brain health in the workplace, evidence-based workplace interventions, and the economic case for employer-supported child care. Most recently, her research has focused on how artificial intelligence is reshaping workforce health and performance.
Prior to joining McKinsey & Company, Darshini earned a PhD in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies (Neuroscience) from Columbia University.