Natalie McIntyre
Head of Consulting
Natalie McIntyre, Head of Consulting at Cutter Associates, brings extensive asset and wealth management background experience, along with technology expertise, to Cutter’s team. During her career, she has been at the forefront of leveraging data, technology, and AI to drive next-generation investment management across the value chain.
Prior to joining Cutter in January 2025, Natalie was the Head of Technology Consulting, formerly Axxsys Consulting, and a partner at Alpha FMC AWM North America, where she served as a senior advisor to asset and wealth managers, delivering end-to-end solutions spanning business strategy, transformation, technology design, and implementation. She advised clients on their strategic technology direction, data governance practices, trading platforms and practices, portfolio management tools, and operational organization, as well as data management architecture, tools, and practices. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Science in business and economics, with a pre-law concentration, from Skidmore College.
In this provocative whitepaper, Cutter Associates challenges the myth of front to back consolidation, revealing why "one platform" strategies often increase complexity and delay ROI — and arguing for a more pragmatic, ecosystem driven approach to investment management technology.
Drawing on our real-world consultancy experience, we expose why the "one platform" vision often results in delayed ROI and increased complexity for multi-asset global firms. Rather than chasing a monolithic solution, the whitepaper details a more pragmatic approach — one that embraces an intelligently orchestrated ecosystem to manage complexity and drive better outcomes.