Lola co-founded McKinsey’s China office and spent nearly 40 years shaping strategy for governments and Fortune 500 companies alike. As Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, she led research that redefined how we think about cities, growth, and innovation in emerging markets. Today, she is the founder of Global6, an urban development consultancy working across China, India, Brazil, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe to help cities finance and implement sustainable growth strategies.

Zak Dychtwald is a strategic advisor with expertise in global cooperation, the emerging East and West youth mindset, and the interactions of rising China and the world. He is the Founder and CEO of Young China Group, a think tank and consultancy which works to deepen understanding of the effects of the evolving identity of China’s young generation on the marketplace, workplace, and international politics.

Zak is also the author of the critically acclaimed Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World, which explores how the country’s young generation, born after 1990, feels about everything, from money and sex, to their government. In 2022, Zak was named an Asia 21 Young Leaders Fellow. He has been invited to speak at Harvard University, The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit, Google’s Next Billion Users Initiative and the Aspen Ideas Festival, among others.