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I help businesses tackle complexity and drive innovation by combining consulting experience with insights from neuroscience to provide practical, real-world solutions.

Dr. Adrian Reisch

Partner, Consulting, EY Consulting GmbH

Innovating industrial value chains. Physical AI leader. Neuroscience meets business. Curious mind. Proud dad. Mountain explorer.

Areas of focus

Adrian is a partner at EY Consulting GmbH, leading the industrial AI agenda across Europe. He advises organizations on transforming their value chains by combining advanced technologies with strategy, operations and innovation, with a focus on physical AI, intelligent robotics and industrial data platforms.

He supports industrial clients in scaling AI beyond isolated use cases, helping enable enterprise-wide transformation across engineering, manufacturing and asset operations. His work includes embedding AI into core processes and designing the required operating models and ecosystems.

Before rejoining the global EY organization in 2023, Adrian founded a startup focused on AI-driven decision intelligence for global supply chains. He brings over 20 years of experience in managing product complexity, evolving customer demands and building future-ready business models. Earlier in his career, Adrian held various roles within the global EY organization in digital transformation and operational strategy. He has a PhD in Neuroscience and a degree in Molecular Biology.

How Adrian is shaping the future with confidence

"I shape the future with confidence by helping industrial companies unlock the potential of industrial AI and the next generation of physical AI and intelligent automation — always putting people at the center of transformation.

I work with clients to rethink how they design, build and operate, bridging strategy, technology and data to create more resilient, collaborative and sustainable industrial systems. A key focus of my work is helping organizations scale AI beyond pilots by developing the right platforms, governance and operating models.

I am passionate about helping enable teams to collaborate better, learn faster and make smarter decisions in increasingly complex environments. For me, it’s not just about technology — it’s about supporting people to work effectively alongside AI and robotics, and shaping more meaningful and future-ready ways of working.

My goal is to turn industrial complexity into scalable platforms and innovation into measurable impact."

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