Executive · Full-time CDO / CAO / CDAO
Enterprise Data & AI transformation executive
14+ years leading data strategy, analytics platforms, governance and cross-functional teams across EMEA & APAC (ex-Citigroup). I build data functions that turn fragmented reporting into scalable platforms, regulatory-grade governance, and measurable commercial impact.
Expertise
Governance
Sole Data Governance Officer across consumer and corporate banking. Audit-ready governance and controls. GDPR / financial compliance, regulatory remediation and audit transparency.
Read the case →Platform delivery
Business owner of hundreds-of-terabyte data warehouses and a multi-petabyte telco lakehouse. Multi-million-dollar budget ownership. Medallion Architecture since 2019.
Read the case →AI/ML credibility
Medallion Architecture pioneer, a two-year AI/ML program, generative AI / MLOps exposure, and ML-driven optimisation that delivered multi-million savings.
Read the case →Transformation & adoption
500+ stakeholders moved to a self-service analytics culture. Regional time-to-market cut from 20+ weeks to 3–4. Teams scaled 2 to 18 FTE across EMEA/APAC.
Read the case →Selected work
From manual reports to a self-service analytics culture at country scale
Problem. Hundreds of Excel reports maintained by hand, the same numbers rebuilt week after week into PowerPoint decks for country leadership — one team carrying all business reporting, advanced analytics and models for the consumer business, with no capacity left for the work that actually grows the business.
Result. Shifted the consumer business to data-driven decision-making, cut manual effort by 60%, and earned the #1 Tableau adoption culture across EMEA / APAC.
Bank-grade, audit-ready data governance
Problem. A governance playbook existed on paper from regional headquarters, but it wasn't running in practice — no operational ownership, lineage, or measurable quality.
Result. Governance regulators and auditors could trace end to end — adopted because the value was felt, not because it was mandated.
Turning new regulation into practice
Problem. New local regulation landed: the statute said what had to be true, but report owners couldn't operate it — no translation into data controls or business obligations.
Result. A regulation the business could actually run — owners able to restate what changed and how they prove it, rather than a statute that sat on a shelf.
Enterprise data warehouse at hundreds-of-terabyte scale
Problem. Slow reporting and decision cycles built on fragmented, hard-to-trust systems.
Result. Cut operational timelines by 70% and lifted revenue by 10% on the backed portfolios.
Regional time-to-market: from 20+ weeks to 3–4 weeks
Problem. Slow reporting and regional rollouts (RTM) blocking time-to-market.
Result. Reduced delivery from 20+ weeks to 3–4 weeks; the most successful RTMs were adopted as the APAC standard.
ML-driven credit-line optimisation: multi-million savings
Problem. Rule-based credit-line allocation leaving capital dormant in low-response segments.
Result. Multi-million-dollar annual savings and a multi-fold uplift in response rates, maximising risk-adjusted return on deployed capital.
Telco-scale lakehouse: multi-petabyte, near real-time
Problem. Product and marketing teams lacked trusted, timely session-level insight.
Result. Production-ready data marts delivered in 7 months, eliminating manual data wrangling and enabling instant product and marketing insight.
Scaling data teams across regions: 2 → 18 FTE
Problem. Undersized data functions unable to support enterprise scope and ambition.
Result. Grew the team from 2 to 18 FTE and earned the highest leadership rating for several consecutive years.
Where I work
Core markets across APAC & MENA, with regional mobility and EMEA/APAC operating experience.
Singapore
Demand-led APAC hub: banking, insurance, fintech and global-tech regional HQs.
Hong Kong
Finance-led market and Greater Bay Area bridge for financial-services transformation.
Saudi Arabia
Vision 2030: sovereign, banking and telco transformation at national scale.
Malaysia
Pragmatic second-wave market: banks, GLCs and telco.
Selecting my next CDO / CAO / CDAO mandate
Actively exploring chief data / analytics officer mandates across APAC & MENA. If you are a CEO, CHRO, board member or executive recruiter, I would welcome a conversation.
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Whether you are exploring a CDO mandate, an advisory engagement, or a speaking opportunity — I would love to hear from you.
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