AI champions mobilisedAcross Deutsche Bank Singapore
Singapore-based · Open to consequential challenges
About me
Leading change where systems meet people.
I turn complex regulatory and operating problems into governed roadmaps, reusable AI products, and adoption programmes that people can trust—and use. My path also spans entrepreneurship, sustainability, coaching, debating, film, and community leadership.
Guest of Honour · Lady Andal School · 2026Current focusResponsible AI at enterprise scale
AFC professionals equippedAcross approximately 10 countries
Reduction in workflow errorsThrough transformed risk-signal processes
Employees reachedThrough regional learning programmes
Selected transformation work
From ambiguity to adoption.
A portfolio built at the intersection of responsible AI, financial crime controls, operating-model change, and executive communication.
01AI Transformation
2026 — Present
Singapore AI Catalyst Think Tank
Scaled an Anti-Financial Crime pilot into a branch-wide forum connecting business and infrastructure teams around responsible AI adoption, reuse, and execution.
40+ AI champions mobilised across the Singapore franchise.02Change & Adoption
2026 — Present
Regional AI literacy for AFC
Designed recurring forums, workshops, prompt-engineering guidance, and practical AML/CFT use cases to move teams from individual experimentation toward governed adoption.
500+ professionals equipped across APAC and MEA.03AI Transformation
2026
Adverse-media intelligence capability
Evolved a case-specific work product into a reusable, configurable dashboard approach for adverse-media analysis and senior reporting.
Tested by a complex-client team and drew cross-regional stakeholder interest.“
What distinguishes Anirudh is his consistency. He truly understands the change function and the change lifecycle, and articulates complex requirements clearly.
Nav DhaliwalChange Management for Regulation, Compliance & AFC · Deutsche Bank
Read recommendations Leadership beyond the job title
Change lands when people feel invited into it.
Serving as Master of Ceremonies for Toastmasters District 80’s three-day Annual Conference, hosting its Hall of Fame, coaching debaters, and advocating for mental wellbeing have shaped how I lead: with clarity, empathy, and a little theatre when the moment needs it.
Annual Conference MC · Host · Coach