I have open conversations with clients about what’s next. Rather than lament how things are, I get them to ask, 'How should things be?'. If you can imagine it, you stand a chance of doing it.

Ross Lacey

EY Global Finance Transformation Strategy and Vision Leader

Constantly looking for insights and opportunities in connections made and stories told. Helping clients stay one step ahead by bringing the most cutting-edge innovations to bear in finance.

Ross is the EY Global Finance Transformation Strategy and Vision Leader. He joined EY in 2006 running the Finance Consulting Business in the UK. For 10 years, he led an EY team supporting the market leading European Global Business Services (GBS) operation for a global consumer products company. Over the last five years he has led EY’s consulting team at a global energy company.

He began his working life as a derivatives accountant before embarking on a career in consulting from 1995. Throughout that time, he has focused on finance transformation across multiple sectors including telecoms, technology, media, consumer products and financial services.

Ross was boarding school educated in England and has a degree in Economics and International Politics from the London School of Economics. He has an identical twin brother who also used to work at EY. Ross divides his time between Manchester and London and has three children.

How Ross is building a better working world

“I try to help clients, both individually and collectively, to think about how things could be and imagine what’s really possible. It’s my job to give clients the confidence to use imagination and vision as a North Star to innovate and improve things.

I help institutionalize a mindset of continuous questioning, disruption and innovation by putting customers and stakeholders first and focusing everything clients do on delivering against their future needs. This creates opportunities to innovate and transform the ‘status quo’.”

Ross’s latest thinking

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How a strong vision can empower successful finance transformation

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