#191: Zeynep Deldag - Head of Consulting for EY Netherlands - Innovation and AI, dare to lead, sport and resilience, asking the right questions
Zeynep Deldag is a Partner at EY and Head of Consulting for EY Netherlands, where she leads the entire consulting practice across technology, business, risk, and people advisory, and across all sectors. She is also a Client Serving Partner for some of the world’s largest banks and insurers.
Before stepping into her current role, Zeynep spent over two decades building an international career that has taken her from Istanbul to Moscow, Amsterdam to St. Petersburg, and Almaty to London, before returning to Amsterdam.
She studied Economics at Marmara University and began her career as an IT intern at Mikroset, later working as a banking intern at Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi. She then joined Andersen, where she worked on audit and due-diligence projects for major Turkish banks, before moving to EY in 2002 following the Andersen–EY merger in Turkey.
Over the years, Zeynep has held several senior management positions across different countries, and in 2012 she became a Partner at EY. From 2022 to 2025, she served as EMEIA Chief Innovation Officer, driving the digital transformation of audit within financial services across Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa.
Finally, Zeynep is 49 years old and lives with her husband in Amsterdam. They have two sons who currently live in the United States.
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