Nick Lovegrove is a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business where he teaches courses on management, strategic problem-solving, and principled leadership.

Lovegrove is a senior leader with a 30-year career at McKinsey, where he led two global practices and became the managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office. He also held leadership roles at the Albright Stonebridge Group and Brunswick Group. His distinctive research on tri-sector leadership development across business, government, and nonprofits around the world was captured in his recently published book, The Mosaic Principle, and in related articles.

From 2001 to 2004, Lovegrove served as a special advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on education policy and other priority issues. He has worked with government leaders in the UK, U.S., and other countries while simultaneously  serving on several nonprofit boards.

He earned a master’s degree in modern history from Oxford University; a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; and an MBA from INSEAD, France. He was awarded the Harkness Fellowship and Kennedy Scholarship for postgraduate study in the United States.

Lovegrove has qualified as an executive coach, certified by Columbia University. He and his wife Alyssa—who is also a professor at the McDonough School—currently live in Washington, D.C. They have four children.