Full Name

Gardar Bjornsson Rova

Job Title

Partner, Leader of QuantumBlack

Company

McKinsey

Speaker Bio

Gardar Björnsson Rova leads QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, across Northern Europe, helping organizations harness AI to drive business transformation and create sustainable competitive advantage. A pioneer in applied AI, he co-founded QuantumBlack in the Nordics and has led more than 20 AI-powered technology builds, spanning product strategy, software architecture, AI platforms, and enterprise transformation. Gardar has advised some of the world’s leading investors on AI strategy and the future of software, and works closely with global technology and services companies on designing next-generation AI agent products and platforms.