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Visit i-automata.comAndrew Chong works across corporate finance and applied AI – bridging institutional transaction advisory with AI‑driven execution.
He spent his early career in EY Malaysia's Transaction Services team, advising on cross‑border M&A and financial due diligence. He then moved into EY Global's Transaction Services Innovation team, where he architected and launched EY Diligence Edge – an NLP‑driven due diligence platform used by 30,000+ practitioners across 45 countries. He also orchestrated the EY‑IBM Alliance, with $700M+ in joint R&D, and served as a key contributor to EY Wavespace's AI Centre of Excellence.
Today, Andrew is a contributor to ACCA's Global Technology Forum, advising their 400,000+ global members on AI governance, policy, and the future of financial reporting.
His work across these practices tackles a single constraint on the same problem: finance teams are being asked to move at AI speed with pre‑AI structures.