London & New York
Strategy.
Builder.
Operational strategy leader. Five countries of lived experience.
Builder instinct.
02 — Work
Eight years turning strategy into execution.
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May 2025 — Present
Deloitte
Senior Manager · Engineering, AI & Data
Wealth market entry strategy.
AI-powered data models.
AI-powered data models.
- Defined European expansion strategy for a Global Custodian — target geographies, commercial model, localisation requirements.
- Built a Gemini AI model to evaluate custody market structures and competitive dynamics across Europe.
- Benchmarked a UK UHNW wealth manager against peers; delivered strategic recommendations directly to the CEO.
Current role
AI-driven market entry
Deloitte · Senior Manager
2025–Present
May 2024 — May 2025
Deloitte
Engagement Manager · Strategy & Operations
Operating model transformation.
Cost reduction at scale.
Cost reduction at scale.
- Led operating model transformation for a Dutch Asset Manager; drove middle office outsourcing across 12 workstreams, delivering 20% cost reduction.
- Established governance and operating model for a Canadian Investment Manager ($170B AUM) implementing a front office technology overhaul.
- Analysed profitability across Deloitte's financial services portfolio; built performance dashboards that drove a $3.2M margin uplift.
AUM governed
$170B AUM governed
Deloitte · Engagement Manager
2024–2025
March 2021 — May 2024
Deloitte
Senior Consultant → Manager
Post-acquisition integration.
OpEx rationalisation at scale.
OpEx rationalisation at scale.
- Led a global team of 15 overseeing a $205M transformation and integration book of work for a Global Asset Manager.
- Designed the operating model for a Global Asset Manager's change department post-acquisition — combined AUM of $725B and 2,500 staff.
- Streamlined the operating model of a top 5 Global Asset Manager; optimised technology and span of control targeting $300M OpEx reduction.
Transformation size
$205M transformation
Deloitte · Senior Consultant → Manager
2021–2024
Oct 2017 — Feb 2021
Ernst & Young
Consultant → Senior Consultant
Agile product delivery.
$84M programme won.
$84M programme won.
- Led an agile team of 5 building and testing Financial Advisor Platform features for 18,000 users across UX, Engineering, and Compliance.
- Project managed a workstream building an in-house Robo-Advisor for a $1T+ Asset Manager; owned customer acquisition and user experience end-to-end.
- Led system and user acceptance testing across a 60-person team; drafted a successful $84M bid for a 4-year programme extension.
New business proposal
$84M programme won
Ernst & Young · Senior Consultant
2017–2021
03 — Personal Projects
Built for myself.
Proof of instinct.
Project 01
Open Brain
Personal OS · AI Infrastructure
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I got tired of context living in five different tools. Notes in one place, contacts in another, calendar somewhere else. No single system that connected how I think to how I work.
So I built one. Open Brain is a personal OS built on a vector database: 493 contacts, 1,284 interactions, 342 thoughts, tasks, and calendar. All queryable in plain English through Claude and Telegram.
Now I can ask "who did I meet at that fintech event in October?" and get an answer. Everything is connected, everything is searchable, and it's entirely mine.
Claude
Telegram
Google Cal
Supabase
LinkedIn
5
Modules
4
MCP Tools
1
Vector DB
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Context
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Search everything...
Wednesday, 9 April 2026
493
Contacts
+2 this week
1,284
Interactions
8 logged
342
Thoughts
12 this week
7
Overdue
Keep in touch
Keep in touch View all
MR
Marcus Reid
Monthly · 87 days ago
SK
Sara Kim
Fortnightly · 21 days ago
JP
James Pearce
Monthly · 33 days ago
NB
Nina Baxter
Weekly · 9 days ago
Birthdays · next 30 days
KS
Kika Santos
Tomorrow · turns 29
DM
Diego Moreira
28 Apr · turns 31
OH
Oliver Hammond
Meridian Capital
SC
Sophie Chen
Apex Advisory
MR
Marcus Reid
Vantage Group
IT
Isabel Torres
Pacific Bridge AM
JW
James Whitfield
Nexus Partners
BW
Ben Walker
Colton Advisory
OH
Oliver Hammond
Partner · Meridian Capital · London
FinancePartnerNetworking
Email
o.hammond@meridiancap.com
Phone
+44 7700 900142
Location
London, UK
Last interaction
3 days ago — Coffee in Mayfair
Recent interactions
7 AprDiscussed Q2 strategy session — will send the brief by Thursday.Coffee
2 AprSent across the framework doc we discussed last month.Email
18 MarQuick check-in. Exploring a new operating model for H2.Call
All Interactions
TODAY
SC
Sophie Chen 2h ago
Quick catch-up before Q2 review. She's restructuring the ops team — worth following up.
OH
Oliver Hammond 4h ago
Sent the framework doc. He'll review before Thursday.
THIS WEEK
MR
Marcus Reid Mon
Looking at a new middle office vendor. Suggested he speak to Clearwater.
IT
Isabel Torres Mon
Attended her panel at the AMF Summit. Connected properly afterwards.
JW
James Whitfield Sun
Intro dinner. Strong PE ops background — worth staying close.
LAST WEEK
SC
Sophie Chen 2 Apr
Reviewed draft operating model. Two open questions she'll take to the board.
BW
Ben Walker 1 Apr
Checked in after the conference. Moving to Singapore — keep tabs.
TYPE
THEME
Insight
The best operating models aren't designed — they're discovered. Document what works first, then formalise.
9 Apr
Decision
Switched project tracking from spreadsheets to the Tasks module. Better signal, less noise.
8 Apr
Idea
Build a one-page brief template for all new client engagements — force the clarity upfront.
7 Apr
Thought
Reading The Innovator's Dilemma again. Still the sharpest framing of why incumbents lose.
6 Apr
Insight
The hardest part of a transformation isn't the operating model — it's getting the org to stop doing the old one.
4 Apr
Todo
Follow up with Marcus on the vendor shortlist by end of week.
3 Apr
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Q2 Planning
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Client Call
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Monthly 1:1s
Ask about your brain
Query contacts, thoughts, interactions and tasks in plain English.
You
Who haven't I spoken to in a while?
Open Brain
You have 12 contacts you haven't logged an interaction with in over 60 days. The longest overdue:
· Marcus Reid — 87 days
· Pedro Oliveira — 71 days
· Sophie Durand — 65 days
Want me to draft a catch-up message for any of them?
· Marcus Reid — 87 days
· Pedro Oliveira — 71 days
· Sophie Durand — 65 days
Want me to draft a catch-up message for any of them?
Backlog 5
Build LinkedIn MCP connector
Set up email digest automation
Add CSV contact import
Weekly summary report
Explore Notion integration
Up Next 2
Draft About section copy
Refine Thoughts tagging
In Progress 1
Portfolio website (alainacha.com)
Done 4
Telegram bot integration
Supabase vector DB setup
Calendar MCP connection
Claude API integration
Project 02
London Tube Tracker
Utility · Personal Automation
Every morning at 07:55, a WhatsApp message lands with everything I need before I leave the door: live Central and Hammersmith & City line status, today's rain forecast, and next departures from my two nearest stations. One glance and I know whether I have to run or if I can finish my coffee.
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TL
London Tube Tracker
automated · daily 07:55
TODAY
Good morning Alain!
⚠ Central: Minor Delays
🌥 12°C — Broken Clouds
🌧 Rain expected ~12:00
WHITE CITY
WOOD LANE
⚠ Central: Minor Delays
🌥 12°C — Broken Clouds
🌧 Rain expected ~12:00
WHITE CITY
→ Eastbound2m · 5m · 11m
← Westbound3m · 6m · 8m
WOOD LANE
→ Eastbound1m · 7m · 22m
← Westbound0m · 5m · 10m
07:55 ✓✓
04 — About Me
Venezuelan-born. American-raised. London since 2024.
Growing up across Venezuela, the United States, and Costa Rica, and having led teams across the United States, Europe, and India, I know firsthand how to bring different people, cultures, and perspectives to the table and use that to solve the problem in front of you.
Eight years as an operational strategy leader in financial services, at EY in New York then Deloitte across New York and London, have sharpened that. I've led $205M transformation programmes, built operating models for asset managers with combined AUM exceeding $725B, and used AI to shape a Global Custodian's entry into the European wealth market.
I'm not waiting to see what AI becomes. I build with it: a personal OS connecting my contacts, calendar, and decisions; a bot that sends my tube departures every morning.
The route here
BornCaracas, Venezuela
ChildhoodUnited States
High schoolSan José, Costa Rica
2013–17Winston-Salem, NC · Wake Forest University · Magna Cum Laude
2017–21New York · EY
2021–24New York · Deloitte
2024–London · Deloitte
Languages
EnglishNative
SpanishNative
PortugueseProfessional
Let's build
something.
Always open to discussing strategy, operations, and technology.