Notably, Ms. McCaughan supported a TOM design and implementation program for a global beauty business, resulting in a savings target of around 25% of the addressable cost base. Her other notable engagements include overseeing the identification of operational savings through a lean organizational assessment for a holiday property letting agency, leading to a reduction of around 10% of the cost base assessed; leading the transformation of an aerospace supply chain management organization, resulting in a 30% personnel cost reduction; supporting the identification of cost-reduction opportunities for a software business during a carve-out; and supporting the due diligence of a large building products distribution business with a focus on G&A cost reduction and footprint consolidation opportunities.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. McCaughan spent eight years with Aon, where she most recently served as Director of Strategy for the firm’s Carrier Consulting practice, driving the sourcing and execution stages of the acquisition processes, including primarily the due diligence and strategic rationale. She spent three years in Singapore as Director of Operations for Aon’s Centre of Excellence for Data and Analytics, working to build the operations and structure of the Centre from the ground up. Prior to that, Ms. McCaughan worked closely with Aon’s global CFO to help plan and drive Finance and shared service strategy, including the re-domestication of Aon’s global headquarters, development of the business case for a new Centre of Excellence, career plan mapping, and organizational redesign across the Finance division.

Ms. McCaughan began her career working for the Restructuring practice of FTI Consulting in Chicago. She specialized in bankruptcy financial advisory work and turnaround initiatives, including forecasting budget and cash liquidity needs, organization optimization, managing bankruptcy court requirements, and providing strategic advice. 

Ms. McCaughan earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.