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. Zero regulatory findings. GDPR / financial compliance, regulatory remediation and audit transparency.
Platform delivery
Business owner of 100+ TB data warehouses and a multi-petabyte telco lakehouse. Multi-million-dollar budget ownership. Medallion Architecture since 2019.
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.
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/CIS.
Selected work
Bank-grade data governance with zero audit findings
Problem. Fragmented data quality with no unified governance across the consumer banking portfolio.
Result. Passed all regulatory and GDPR / financial audits with zero findings and full regulatory transparency.
Self-service analytics culture for 500+ stakeholders
Problem. Business teams trapped in manual, repetitive Excel-to-PPT weekly reporting.
Result. Shifted the organisation to data-driven decision-making and earned the #1 Tableau adoption culture across EMEA / APAC.
100+ TB enterprise data warehouse delivery
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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