Elyse is a Partner in Mergers and Acquisitions at Deloitte focussing on M&A consulting services to the financial services industry. Elyse specialises in M&A pre-deal commercial and operational due diligence, post-merger integration, and divestment advisory and support. She primarily focuses on the financial services industry and has supported many of Australia's leading financial institutions and private equity investors with transaction execution across banking, investment and wealth management, and insurance. Elyse has close to 20 years’ experience in a range of strategy development, transformation, sales, and management roles in the banking and professional services industry. Elyse was head of transformation at National Australia Bank (NAB), responsible for developing strategy and executing transformation initiatives. Her focus was on designing and delivering productivity initiatives across business and private banking including developing new banking industry segments. Elyse was COO at AUB Group, a listed equity-based risk management, advice, and solutions provider in Australasia operating across a broad spectrum of insurance and risk strategies. Elyse led and developed strategy and group service propositions for AUB Group.Elyse holds a BPsych SC in Psychology, honours degree in Organisational Psychology and MBA from The University of Queensland. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).