Ari Kertesz
Vice Chair | CEO & Board Adviser | Strategy, Business-Led AI Reinvention | Consumer Goods & Retail | Creative Problem Solving | High-Performance Leadership
- Role
- Vice Chair Reinvention Executive Advisory, Senior Managing Director at Accenture
- Location
- Scarsdale, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ari Kertesz
I am a business leader and trusted adviser to CEOs and boards, specializing in large-scale enterprise reinvention with a focus on unlocking value through AI.As a Senior Managing Director at Accenture, I help industry leaders define bold transformation strategies and deliver measurable results—from reimagining business models to embedding AI at the core of operations. I believe AI is not just a technology shift but an operating model revolution, and I am passionate about helping organizations harness its potential to drive growth, efficiency, and competitive advantage.My experience spans consumer goods, retail, and beyond. I have worked with Fortune 100 clients to transform pricing and promotion strategies, optimize supply chains, reinvent customer engagement, and build the data and analytics foundations needed for sustained innovation. Leading multidisciplinary teams, I focus on not just delivering outcomes but enabling the organizational change required to make them stick.I am driven by the challenge of helping companies navigate complexity, align stakeholders around a clear vision, and execute with discipline and ambition to deliver lasting value for customers, employees, and shareholders.
Experience
Vice Chair Reinvention Executive Advisory, Senior Managing Director
Oct 2024 — Present · NY, US
Partnering with CEOs, boards, and top executive teams to architect and deliver large-scale enterprise reinvention. As Vice Chair of Accenture’s Reinvention Executive Advisory and Leader of the USA Grocery Practice, I help Consumer Goods and Retail clients define holistic growth strategies and execute technology-enabled transformations that deliver measurable results.With a focus on business-led AI reinvention, I work hand-in-hand with clients to reimagine their operating models, drive omnichannel transformation, and build the organizational capabilities required for sustained success. I bring deep industry knowledge, a reinvention mindset, and a commitment to creative problem solving to help clients unlock breakthrough value.
Education
Columbia Business School
MBA, Business
1997 — 1999
Skills
- Valuation
- Sales
- Leadership
- Private Equity
- Mergers
- Strategy
- Corporate Development
- Business Strategy
- Organizational Design
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business Planning
- Management Consulting
- Due Diligence
- Acquisition Integration
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Corporate Finance
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