Experts

The AI Markets Group Advisory Board comprises senior practitioners and subject-matter experts from across industries and technology domains. With deep expertise in areas such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, data governance, generative AI, natural language processing, and machine learning, the Board provides independent “Expert-in-the-Loop” guidance and practical insight into the realities of enterprise AI adoption. Their collective experience helps ensure that our research and analysis remain grounded in real-world implementation challenges and opportunities, enabling us to deliver objective, relevant, and actionable intelligence to our clients.

Peyman Mestchian

Peyman Mestchian

Chair, AIMG
Previous: UCL, EY, SAS, Chartis
Angel Gavieiro Besteiro

Angel Gavieiro Besteiro

AG Strategy & Partners
Previous: McKinsey, Barclays
Charlotte Runberg

Charlotte Runberg

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Previous: SAS, SEB
Simon Robinson

Simon Robinson

AI & Quantum Expert
Previous: HSBC, McKinsey
Megan Gull

Megan Gull

HSBC
Previous: Accenture
Elisa Sai

Elisa Sai

Data & AI Strategy, Capgemini Invent
Previous: Accenture
Nasser Salah

Nasser Salah

GRC, Responsible AI & Cybersecurity
Previous: Google, YouTube, JPMC
Professor K Gaur

Professor K Gaur

Athenian Tech
Previous: EY, Deloitte
Professor M Akbari

Professor M Akbari

Novacortex Labs
Previous: UCL, New York University
Kinda Chebib

Kinda Chebib

Head of Research, UPM Innovation
Previous: Input Output Group; GSMA
Parsa Ghaffari

Parsa Ghaffari

2075.ai
Previous: Quantexa, Aylien
Paul Birkin

Paul Birkin

Chief AI Officer, Homely
Previous: Experian, CBRE, Capita
Jay Girvan

Jay Girvan

Complex Systems & Delivery Leader
Previous: BP, ESO, Sybase, IPE
Judith Peterson

Judith Peterson

CMO & B2B Strategic Growth Advisor
Previous: Broadridge, ION
Renaud Huck

Renaud Huck

Senior Advisor
Previous: Schroders, JP Morgan, CME
Kavita Dwivedi

Kavita Dwivedi

TCS
Previous: Vodafone, Accenture, IBM
David Wallace

David Wallace

Customer Intelligence Expert
Previous: IDC, SAS, HP
John Macdonald

John Macdonald

FinTech Strategies
Previous: S&P, IBM, Algorithmics
Mike Oaten

Mike Oaten

TIKOS
Previous: mnAi, Regulation Technologies
Stuart Allaway

Stuart Allaway

Xyenta
Previous: EY, KPMG, Fidelity
Sina Heshmati

Sina Heshmati

Data Intelligence Expert
Previous: Collibra
Saeid Attarian

Saeid Attarian

Aviva
Previous: BNP Paribas, UBS
Alexander Dorfmann

Alexander Dorfmann

Risk Technology Expert
Previous: SAS, Thomson Reuters, SIX
Alex Gharagozlow

Alex Gharagozlow

Avid Bioservices
Previous: Catalent, Amgen, Danaher
Masha Cilliers

Masha Cilliers

Payments Industry Expert and NED
Previous: Microsoft, Visa, Worldine
Abbas Jafarian

Abbas Jafarian

Black Pearl Capital
Previous: Deloitte, Morgan Stanley
Darryl Parker

Darryl Parker

CorpDev Partners
Previous: AXA, RSA, RBS, EY, SAS

The AIMG Expert Network

A unique ecosystem of over 1,000 practitioners, founders, executives, and investors

The AIMG Expert Network

About The AIMG Expert Network

At the core of AIMG’s research strength lies its global Expert Network – a unique ecosystem of over 1000 practitioners, founders, executives, and investors spanning the entire AI value chain.

Unlike traditional analyst firms, AIMG combines independent research with the lived experience of specialists who are building, deploying, and scaling AI today. This ensures our forecasts, benchmarks, and vendor evaluations are grounded in real-world practice, not just theory.

Breadth of Expertise

Our network covers the full spectrum of AI technologies and applications:

Specialists in machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, process automation, AI governance, enterprise data, and emerging AI infrastructure.
Practitioners with deep knowledge of sector-specific AI adoption in banking, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, government, retail, energy, and more.
Leaders in applying AI to customer intelligence, supply chain optimization, operations, risk & compliance, and financial intelligence.

First-Hand Experience

Every expert brings hands-on knowledge from developing, implementing, and using AI solutions in real enterprise environments. Many are founders and leaders of AI companies—ranging from startups and scale-ups to IPO and post-IPO enterprises.

The network also includes investors across the AI capital lifecycle: early-stage venture capital, growth equity, private equity, and public market professionals. This provides a uniquely balanced view of both market potential and investment risk.

To maintain independence, avoid conflicts of interest, and encourage open insight sharing, experts remain anonymised in published research. Their contributions are aggregated, validated, and integrated into AIMG’s proprietary methodologies, giving clients access to insight that is both authentic and impartial.

In short: the AIMG Expert Network is unmatched in scale and focus—a living, global ecosystem that ensures our research reflects the real-world adoption, challenges, and opportunities of AI, as experienced by those shaping the market today.