Road to Amherst
Natalie McBride (née Hughes) is an accomplished professional in business strategy and consulting, currently serving as CEO of Road to Amherst since May 2024, where independent support is provided to help businesses effectively embrace AI. As Managing Director and Executive Advisor at This Place since February 2019, Natalie oversees global operations (excluding the west coast US and Japan) and leads a team that addresses customer experience challenges for prominent brands. Previously, during a tenure at Accenture from September 2011 to February 2019, Natalie held various roles, including Strategy Manager and Head of Strategy, focusing on developing growth strategies across multiple industries. Natalie holds an MSc in Business Management from Imperial College London and a BA (Hons) in History and Spanish from The University of Manchester.
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Road to Amherst
Independent support to help you embrace AI in the Right Way. We cut through the noise and offer a pragmatic perspective on where AI could deliver real value for your business in a way that’s responsible and safe. When it comes to AI, the challenge for businesses isn’t just understanding its possibilities, but also when using AI makes sense, and in what form. We help answer the big questions... - What challenges do you face that AI could help you solve? - Are you ready to integrate AI now, or should you lay more operational groundwork first? - Would waiting leave you behind, or help you leapfrog the competition when AI technologies mature? Our vision is informed by a deep understanding of development trends and how to deploy AI effectively and responsibly. We partner with internal and external teams to get the best for your company ecosystem and - crucially - we are independent of big tech and software vendors. Our team have joined from the likes of Google, McKinsey & Accenture, and have experience working with some of the world's most exciting, billion dollar brands. Visit http://www.roadtoamherst.com to learn more about our services across Strategy and Organisational Transformation.