January Edition: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025

On the heels of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland, we’re looking back at last week through the eyes of our leaders and colleagues on the ground to share key moments, trends and takeaways from the global event.

At Tuesday morning’s panel focused on CEO strategies to respond to a transforming world, Oliver Wyman Forum and 美世 came together to explore how organizations can remain agile in the face of disruption in geopolitics, finance, demographics and technology. In a co-authored blog, Ravin Jesuthasan, CFA, FRSA , who hosted a fireside chat during the event, examines three key questions business leaders should consider as they confront an AI-powered future:

The following day, Oliver Wyman and Mercer Marsh Benefits came together to co-host a panel on the impact of climate change on global health systems. With speakers from across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, we heard how global actors can collaborate together to identify and mitigate risks to healthcare networks and build more resilient communities. Following the event Lorna Friedman spoke with one of our panelists, Rangarajan Sampath , about highlights from the session:

In addition to hosting the CEO panel discussion on Tuesday morning, Ana Kreacic was a speaker at Wednesday's Representation Matters event. The session aimed at engaging leaders from various sectors on supporting progress in women's political representation and economic inclusion. Ana shared the findings from the recently released Representation Matters report, a collaboration with Women Political Leaders (WPL) and the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law. Highlights:

With AI and geopolitics dominating conversations at WEF, 达信 's Amy Barnes appeared on a panel moderated by Gilles Roucolle of Oliver Wyman to discuss how emerging technologies are impacting global supply chain security and resilience:

On Thursday morning, global asset managers joined Mercer's Michael Dempsey and Rich Nuzum, CFA to discuss the future of private markets. The conversation explored the opportunities and challenges as institutional investors look to private markets as potential profit zones and a key diversification strategy in today’s complex economic and investment environment:

Finally, in a retrospective look back at WEF25, Huw van Steenis shared his three lessons from Davos on the future of finance. From the global regulatory environment to the energy transition, Huw highlights key takeaways for the global financial community:

Looking for more insights and takeaways from our Marsh McLennan leaders at Davos? Watch the full replay of Friday's Week in Review LinkedIn Live featuring RIch Nuzum, Amy Barnes, Terry Stone and Lisa Quest , and explore Oliver Wyman's In the KnOW newsletter for more details on what leaders discussed at WEF25: