Executive profile
Senior AI and digital transformation leader with 15+ years of global industry experience across regulated finance, scientific publishing, consulting, venture building, development and industrial R&D. Brings practice-led rigour to advanced interdisciplinary teaching at the intersection of law, technology, governance and markets.
Teaching & academic engagement
Visiting Faculty — Real World AI Governance
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru · 2026
Course Instructor — Business Strategy, Accounting Fundamentals, Technology & Project Financing
Oxbridge Academic Programme, University of Oxford · 2017
Guest Lecture — Using AI in Research: Best Practices in the Generative AI Era
Universidade de São Paulo · 2024
Guest Lecture — AI for Managers: Real World AI Implementation Best Practices
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli · 2026
Professional experience
Citibank — Senior Vice President, Thematic Risk
Chennai · 2026–Present
Leading AI-powered thematic risk analysis for the Credit Cards portfolio; built the Thematic Risk AI CoE, defined its vision, hired a team of six VPs and partnered across Lines of Business across a portfolio of 52 regulations.
Citibank — Vice President, Data Science: Generative AI & Governance
Bengaluru · 2024–2026
Led enterprise GenAI initiatives across Retail Banking and Cards; delivered $21M cost savings in the first year and worked with legal, compliance and risk teams on governance frameworks.
Springer Nature — Director of Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Lisbon · 2022–2024
Established and led the Global AI Centre of Excellence across 30+ countries; delivered AI-powered platforms serving 40M+ monthly users.
Affine.ai — Principal AI & Data Architect
Bengaluru · 2020–2022
Led AI strategy and solution architecture across 70+ global client engagements.
Sabre Corporation — Senior Consultant, Data Science & Analytics
Bengaluru · 2018–2020
Zinc VC — Venture Fellow & Fractional CTO
London · 2017–2018
Fractional technology lead for seven early-stage startups across health-tech and social impact.
Aqua Analytics — Co-Founder & Head of Product
London · 2015–2018
Built analytics products used by Fortune 500 firms, utilities and public agencies.
Safe Water Network — Executive Assistant to Country Director
2012–2015
Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company Pvt. Ltd. — Research Engineer
2010–2012
Education
MBA — University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
Weidenfeld-Hoffmann and Saïd Scholar
LL.B., First Class — Osmania University
B.E. (Hons.), Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering — BITS Pilani
Awards & thought leadership
AIM 40 Under 40 Data Scientists (2023) · RBI Innovation Hub AI Expert · Springer Nature SN150 · IEEE P2863 Working Group — Organizational Governance of AI · Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld Hoffmann and Saïd Scholar
Core teaching areas
AI Governance · Responsible AI · AI in Regulated Industries · Generative AI · Agentic AI · Digital Transformation · Economics of Algorithms · AI in Scientific Research · Strategy in the Age of AI