Mehrdad Baghai

Biography

Mehrdad is the co-founder and CEO of High Resolves, a not-for-profit social venture focused on activating human responsibility so that we can address the multitude of global challenges we are now facing. High Resolves has engaged over 500,000 young people in over a dozen countries and has won many awards for its distinctive learning experiences.
In his business life, Mehrdad is the Chairman of Alchemy Growth, a boutique strategy advisory firm. Mehrdad advises large companies on their growth strategies and business building initiatives. He specializes in disruptive strategy and designing organizations for rapid growth. He is a frequent lecturer and writer on management theory especially in the growth strategy domain. He is co-author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller As One as well as international bestsellers The Alchemy of Growth and Granularity. Previously, he was a partner in the Sydney and Toronto offices of McKinsey and Company and co-leader of the Firm’s worldwide Growth Practice.
Mehrdad serves as a Distinguished Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, an appointment which crosses all departments across the university. Mehrdad is also the co-founder of Running Cloud Productions and its Business Director. He was the Executive Producer of the award-winning film Descent. Previously, Mehrdad served a three-year term in the public sector as an Executive Director of Australia’s national science agency with overarching responsibility for growth and commercialization.
Mehrdad received a B.S.E. with highest honors from Princeton University, an M.P.P. as a Kennedy Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a J.D. with high honors at Harvard Law School. Mehrdad is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and winner of the prestigious John P. McNulty Prize. He was also awarded a social entrepreneur of the year award by the Schwab Foundation, partner of the World Economic Forum.