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He works with teams of partners who create change with these institutions, bringing the best of McKinsey’s expertise in transformation, data and analytics and functional areas like marketing, sales, procurement, and operations.</p> <p>Tom has a passion for analytics. He led the scale-up of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, following its acquisition by McKinsey in 2015. In this role, he was responsible for growing QuantumBlack around the world to keep pace with client demands, defining its strategy with McKinsey, and sustaining its performance and health as the company scaled. He brings this expertise to help his clients in technology, media, telecoms, and beyond.</p> <p>Tom stepped away from McKinsey between 2015 and 2017 to launch a direct-to-consumer TV business and grew it to more than one million customers as COO. 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picture</a>,” McKinsey & Company, November 2023</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/winning-with-ai-is-a-state-of-mind">Winning with AI is a state of mind</a>,” McKinsey & Company, April 2021</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/short-term-pain-for-long-term-gain-the-new-ceos-dilemma">Short-term pain for long-term gain: The new CEO’s dilemma</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, April 2019</p> <p>“<a href="/featured-insights/gender-equality/closing-the-gender-gap-a-missed-opportunity-for-new-ceos">Closing the gender gap: A missed opportunity for new CEOs</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, October 2018</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/what-makes-a-ceo-exceptional">What makes a CEO ‘exceptional’?</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, April 2017</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/how-functional-leaders-become-ceos">How functional leaders become CEOs</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, April 2017</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/a-deal-making-strategy-for-new-ceos">A deal-making strategy for new CEOs</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, April 2017</p> <p>“<a href="/featured-insights/leadership/how-new-ceos-can-boost-their-odds-of-success">How new CEOs can boost their odds of success</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, May 2016</p> <h3>Past Experience</h3> <p><strong>freenet TV<br /> </strong>COO</p> <p><strong>United States Senate</strong><br /> Legislative assistant</p> <h3>Education</h3> <p><strong>Magdalen College, Oxford</strong><br /> BA, history</p></div></div><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xl mdc-u-mt-5"></div></div></div></main></div><script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{"pageProps":{"locale":"en","dictionary":{},"sitecoreContext":{"route":{"name":"Thomas Meakin","displayName":"Thomas 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