Ravin Jesuthasan
Ravin Jesuthasan is the global leader of Mercer’s Transformation Services business. He is a recognized global thought leader, futurist and bestselling author on the future of work, AI and workforce transformation. He works with some of the largest, most sophisticated organizations in the world on the transformation of work and the workforce. He has led multiple research efforts on the global workforce, the rise of artificial intelligence and the transformation of work. Ravin has led numerous research projects for the World Economic Forum including many of its ground-breaking studies on the transformation of work and the global workforce. He is a regular participant and presenter at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos and is a member of the forum’s Steering Committee on Work and Employment, Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Future Skills Executive Board.
Ravin has been a featured speaker on the aforementioned topics at conferences in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America. He has also been featured and quoted extensively by leading business media including CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fortune, FT, The Nikkei (Japan), Les Echoes (France), De Telegraaf (Netherlands), South China Morning Post, Economic Times (India) and Dubai One TV among others. Ravin was also an advisor to and featured prominently on PBS’s widely acclaimed documentary series The Future of Work. Ravin is an Executive Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer of Executive Education at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities around the world including Caltech, Oxford University, The University of Chicago, New York University and the University of Southern California.
Ravin was named one of the leading management thinkers by Thinkers 50. He has also been recognized as one of the top 25 most influential consultants in the world by Consulting Magazine, one of the top 8 future of work influencers by Tech News and one of the top 100 HR influencers by HR Executive. He is the author of 6 books including the Wall Street Journal and Amazon number one bestseller; Work Without Jobs: How to Reboot Your Organization’s Work Operating System (MIT Press, 2022), which was also named business book of the year in 2023. His most recent book is The Skills-Powered Organization: The Journey to the Next Generation Enterprise (MIT Press, 2024) which was an Amazon number one bestseller and the FT’s Book of the Month in October 2024. Ravin has authored over 250 articles including 20 for the Harvard Business Review and the Sloan Management Review.
Ravin holds a B.B.A. (with high honors) in Finance and Commercial Law and an M.B.A. (with high honors) in Finance. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) and a member of the CFA Institute. Ravin is a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). Prior to joining Mercer, Ravin was a managing director and global business leader at Willis Towers Watson for over 26 years and a consultant with Accenture’s strategy consulting practice.
