Ida is the managing partner of McKinsey’s Northeast Region and New York office, where she brings together diverse practices, functions, and pathways across one of the firm’s largest and most dynamic offices. She is also a senior partner in the Risk & Resilience Practice, which she previously co-led, and is a leader in the firm’s cybersecurity work.
She advises clients on a broad range of strategic, operational, and risk priorities, including enterprise risk strategy, operational risk, cybersecurity, and large-scale business transformation.
With more than 20 years of consulting experience, Ida has helped organizations design and implement enterprise risk management functions, led multiyear comprehensive capital analysis and review programs at leading US banks, and supported clients in redesigning operational risk and compliance functions to meet heightened regulatory expectations.
A native of Denmark, Ida moved to New York in 2000. She earned a PhD in political science from Columbia University before joining McKinsey.
Published work
“The future of risk: How global trends are reshaping risk management,” McKinsey & Company, December 2025
“How chief risk officers can build the next generation of leaders,” McKinsey & Company, December 2025
“Accelerating impact from day one: A guide for new CROs,” McKinsey & Company, July 2025
“AI is the greatest threat – and defense – in cybersecurity today. Here’s why.,” McKinsey & Company, May 2025
“The CEO as a chief resilience officer,” McKinsey & Company, May 2025
“Which chief risk officer archetype are you?,” McKinsey & Company, May 2025
“The six habits of highly successful chief risk officers,” McKinsey & Company, December 2024
“Embracing generative AI in credit risk,” McKinsey & Company, July 2024
“Practice makes perfect: How to prepare for bank regulatory exams,” McKinsey & Company, March 2024
“Implementing generative AI with speed and safety,” McKinsey Quarterly, March 2024
“How generative AI can help banks manage risk and compliance,” McKinsey & Company, March 2024
“Deciphering the economy’s mixed signals,” McKinsey & Company, May 2023
“Managing a cyber risk event: ‘Be a student of a crisis’,” McKinsey & Company, March 2023
“2023, a testing year: Will the macro-scenario range widen or narrow?,” McKinsey & Company, January 2023
“The board’s role in building resilience,” McKinsey & Company, December 2022
“Addressing the revolving door in risk,” McKinsey Global Institute, December 2022
“Something’s coming: How US companies can build resilience, survive a downturn, and thrive in the next cycle,” McKinsey & Company, July 2022
“Securing your organization by recruiting, hiring, and retaining cybersecurity talent to reduce cyberrisk,” McKinsey & Company, June 2022
“Building cyber resilience in national critical infrastructure,” McKinsey & Company, July 2021
“Building the internal-audit function of the future,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
“The future of operational-risk management in financial services,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020
“The compliance function at an inflection point,” McKinsey on Risk, January 2019
“The value in digitally transforming credit risk management,” McKinsey & Company, July 2016
“Driving value from postcrisis operational risk management,” McKinsey & Company, June 2012
Past experience
SunGard ERisk
Director
Education
Columbia University
PhD, political science and statistical methodology
Aarhus University
MS, political science
