Kari Alldredge is a trusted advisor to CEOs, boards, and senior leadership teams with more than 35 years of experience helping leading consumer-facing companies accelerate growth, navigate transformation, and improve commercial performance. A longtime partner at McKinsey & Company, she led major growth and transformation initiatives across the consumer products, retail, foodservice, and beverage sectors and founded ConsumerWise, the firm’s AI-powered consumer insights platform.

Kari brings deep expertise in growth strategy, commercial transformation, consumer analytics, pricing, marketing, innovation, and M&A integration. She is known for helping leadership teams translate complex market and consumer signals into clear strategic choices and measurable business results.

Throughout her career, Kari has advised executives through periods of significant growth, disruption, and organizational change, including large-scale transformations and some of the most complex transactions in the consumer sector. She combines strategic rigor with practical operating insight and brings a distinctive perspective on how companies can use data, analytics, and AI to strengthen decision-making and competitive advantage.

In addition to her advisory work, Kari has served on numerous nonprofit boards, and upon her retirement, Kari will be serving on the boards of a number of companies in the consumer goods sector. She is recognized for her collaborative leadership style, sound judgment, and ability to engage constructively with senior executives and directors.