Chief of Staff Finance Transformation AI · Deloitte Consulting

A strategy-to-execution operator at the intersection of Finance, applied AI and executive leadership.

I help Finance and AI leadership teams convert broad ambitions into governed portfolios of priorities, decisions and executable initiatives. At Deloitte I combine Finance Transformation expertise with hands-on AI enablement — working across strategy, programme governance, operating-model design and stakeholder alignment to help organisations move from intent to structured, evidence-led delivery.

Andy O. McLeese

Consultant – Finance Transformation | Functional Chief of Staff to FT AI Leadership, Deloitte Consulting, Amsterdam

Current mandate

Finance AI strategy, transformation programmes and operating-model design across major international organisations

Delivery context

Audit and Finance Transformation at Deloitte and PwC, grounded by an earlier career in international political strategy

Distinctive foundation

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Four areas of focus

Andy's core mandate is converting ambition into structured, governable and executable programmes. This runs across his Chief of Staff role, Finance Transformation consulting engagements and his earlier career in international political programme strategy.

Relevant roles

  • Chief of Staff, Finance Transformation AI
  • Management Consultant · Deloitte
  • Strategic & Political Advisor · Rasmussen Global

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Selected impact

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StrategyGovernanceMobilisation

Structuring a Finance Transformation AI agenda

Professional services — Finance advisory

Establish the operating structure, governance and execution framework through which the Finance Transformation AI practice prioritises, coordinates and delivers its strategic and commercial agenda.

Strategy executionStakeholder alignmentProgramme governance
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StrategyDesignDelivery

AI-enabled Finance strategy for major international organisations

Private sector — trading and commodities (fully anonymised)

Design and help deliver an AI-enabled Finance strategy, including executive alignment workshops and a structured implementation programme across the Finance function.

AI strategyFinance TransformationStrategy execution
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AssessmentDesignRecommendation

Global Finance service-centre and operating-model transformation

Technology — semiconductor sector (fully anonymised)

Assess and optimise global service-centre structures for a multinational technology company, combining strategic modelling, data analysis and GenAI-enabled process opportunities.

Finance TransformationStrategy executionAI strategy
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Career progression

Experience

Full timeline

2026 – now

Chief of Staff Finance Transformation AI

Deloitte Consulting | Finance Transformation

2024 – 2025

Management Consultant

Deloitte Consulting | Finance Transformation

2022 – 2024

Management Consulting Analyst

Deloitte Consulting | Finance Transformation

2021 – 2022

Staff Audit

Deloitte Audit | Financial Services Industry

2021

Audit Assistant

PwC Audit | Financial Services Industry

Earlier

Audit and international political strategy

The person behind the profile

International by upbringing; European by nature; Amsterdam by choice.

Andy lives in Amsterdam with his husband and their pets. He has called the Netherlands home for over twelve years; it is where he studied; built his career and settled. His husband has both American and Dutch roots.

His life has moved across several countries; languages and institutions. Germany; the UK and France shaped his early years. Denmark; the United States and Croatia have each played a role in his education; career and family. He holds five citizenships and brings the same curiosity to his work.

Five citizenships

British
German
French
Croatian
Dutch

Outside work

Cooking
Hiking
Rowing
Languages
Pets

Professional languages

English
C2

Native / Mastery

German
C2

Native / Mastery

Dutch
C2

Native / Mastery

French
B1

Intermediate

Countries and connections

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Thought leadership

Perspectives

Co-authorship · Deloitte Netherlands · 2024 to 2025

Deloitte Netherlands CFO Survey — Digitalisation and AI section

Andy co-authors the biannual CFO Survey; he owns the Digitalisation and AI section and translates market developments into implications for Finance leaders.

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A strategy-to-execution operator at the intersection of Finance, applied AI and executive leadership.