Gemma D'Auria

Senior Partner, Global Leader of Apparel, Fashion & Luxury McKinsey & Company

Gemma is the global leader of McKinsey’s Apparel, Fashion & Luxury sector. She partners with companies and their executives on holistic transformations to accelerate sustainable growth and create lasting change on performance and health. Bringing two decades of consulting expertise across the United States, the Middle East and Europe, she helps clients with growth strategies, customer experience and commercial topics, advanced analytics and digital transformations, as well as capability building at scale.

As one of the leaders in our CEO Excellence practice, Gemma works closely with CEOs on their leadership journey, as well as with family-owned businesses to ensure they are ‘fit for purpose’ in terms of operating model, capabilities and leadership skills.

Gemma regularly publishes knowledge and insights relevant to the retail and fashion/luxury sectors, and co-authors McKinsey’s annual State of Fashion and State of Luxury report published in collaboration with Business of Fashion, as well as the annual Sporting Goods Industry report.