Ana Kreacic is a Partner and Chief Knowledge Officer of Oliver Wyman and the Chief Operating Officer of the Oliver Wyman Forum – the hub for Oliver Wyman’s flagship research and a platform for engaging business, public policy, and societal leaders to act on shared challenges.
Ana is known for her ability to blend customer insight with business strategy and leadership effectiveness. She successfully steers companies to create new business and operating models and become more customer and employee-centric organizations. Her current work explores the opportunities, uncertainties, and challenges stemming from changing consumer and workforce needs and behaviors, including how these are shaped by future generations. She regularly convenes senior leaders across sectors to discuss pressing issues and high impact solutions.
A frequent speaker and author, Ana’s work has been featured in the World Economic Forum, Wall Street Journal, and MIT Sloan, to name a few. She has over 20 years of consulting and operating experience with companies globally in corporate strategy, organizational effectiveness and new business start-ups. She serves on Oliver Wyman’s Americas Leadership Team and its Global Inclusion & Diversity Council.
Ana is passionate about empowering women, mentoring, refugee and immigrant causes, and education. She is the Executive Sponsor of the Women of Oliver Wyman Employee Resource Group and sits on Oliver Wyman’s Americas Leadership Team and the Global Inclusion & Diversity Council. She previously served on the boards of Upwardly Global and the Stamford Symphony Orchestra.
Having lived across the globe, Ana is fluent in English, Slovene, Serbian/Croatian, Spanish and French. Ana holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude with high honors, from the University of Maryland.
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