The ROI partner, aligning AI & people to accelerate execution at pace, across functions and borders for executives, founders and creators.

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Szilvia Kocsy

What I do

“Szilvia will break through walls to get the work done, with super high integrity.” When commercial impact slows as change or complexity outpaces current ways of working, I bring structure and restore operational and team alignment.

Why

AI is driving rapid market change. Businesses are all adapting on the go. Even small misalignments between teams and operations as they translate strategy into execution expose organisations to significant opportunity costs. With 70% of skills changing by 2030 due to AI (LinkedIn 2025 Work Change Report), this pressure is only increasing.

About me
I started as an award-winning young entrepreneur at 13. I then spent two decades in corporate environments, including nearly 15 years at PwC, incl. PMO Lead, nearly 4 years as Chief of Staff at LinkedIn, working across 21 sectors, with AI advocacy since 2013.

This experience uniquely positions me to diagnose the core of the issue from start-ups to FTSE 10 and to design solutions across scaling and optimisation. I bridge strategic birds' eye view with operational rolling sleeves up practicality to translate vision to impact at pace. Applying my strategic vision and corporate execution balance, shaped by systems and design thinking, fit for an AI-forward world. I’m known for a poised presence and a sense of ease that creates space for alignment and makes it fun to work with me.

How we work together
• Keynote Speaking & Workshops
Alignment to accelerate execution, transformation, AI, and global collaboration are regular topics I speak on to C-suite and beyond. Outcomes: Audiences leave with practical frameworks and a renewed sense of ownership and inspiration.
Testimonial: Szilvia joined AIPMO's PMO Masterclass in London in June and proved to be the ideal speaker. Her delivery strikes a rare balance: inspiring without being abstract, warm without losing authority, and pragmatic enough to translate directly into action.
This combination allowed her to connect quickly with the audience while giving participants practical guidance they could apply immediately on Monday.”

• Strategic Consulting & Embedded Execution
B2B: What I do: I run a short diagnostic sprint with my CoS alignment model to identify execution slows as complexity increases. Then I provide prioritised commercial focused, GTM-ready recommendations at pace. I embed to implement where relevant.
Impact: restored alignment with future-fit structure.
How I work: I work alongside executives and, where present, Chiefs of Staff, and where relevant embed on a fractional basis to implement.

I developed a unique expertise in diagnosing and proactively optimising leadership operational ecosystem to scale influence.

I remove unseen friction and accelerate business impact by:
- Structure: Creating scalable repeatable processes, including rhythm of the business & governance clarity,
- People: Decision-making focus including delivering executive offsites and stakeholder alignment workshops,
- Impact: Special projects including creating PMOs, CoEs and award-winning programmes, recognition programmes, AI executive upskilling and personal brand and social media for executives and employees workshops.

My 20+ years of cross-sector, industry and business line experience give me the breadth to tackle both organisational and individual challenges with confidence, and includes:
Technology & Innovation: SaaS, Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Commercial & People: Strategy, Operations, HR Consulting, Organisational Design, Marketing, Sales, Transformation
Industry & Sectoral: Automotive, Financial Services, Professional Services, Sustainability & Impact, Social Media
Regulatory & Risk: Risk assurance, Audit, Tax
Public & Infrastructure: Government, Defence, Civil Engineering

• Chief of You™
B2C: You’re coordinating complexity across work, relationships, and life. Chief of You™ translates executive operational frameworks into practical ways to simplify complexity in your own life.

See the latest insights from me on LinkedIn and let’s connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szilviakocsy/

Beyond my work, I am also a keen traveller, gardener and dancer.

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Let's Get Aligned

Guiding Principles

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Vision

Creating strategic structure and clarity to enable you to achieve goals at pace, whether those are in business or life.

Mission

Create a community of leaders whose decisions that shape careers, companies and cultures by partnering with individuals and leadership teams to simplify complexity and stay ahead of evolving trends, AI disruption.

We’re navigating change together because 70% of skills will shift by 2030, and getting ahead of that matters.

Think of it as Chief of Staff thinking applied to your work: frameworks to help you filter what deserves your attention. Real conversations that are immediately applicable whether you're in a company or building your own.