Azin Shahidi

Azin Shahidi is an Enterprise AI Transformation Leader with 20+ years of experience across financial services, investment management, e-commerce, insurance, and oil and gas. She specialises in moving organisations from fragmented AI experimentation to governed, production-scale deployment, working at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and legal/compliance to build AI operating models that actually work in regulated environments. Her work spans the full lifecycle: from redesigning intake and governance frameworks that reduce approval cycles by up to 90%, to embedding compliance guardrails directly into AI capabilities, to leading large-scale engineering teams across multiple global regions. Azin is a recognised voice on enterprise AI transformation, agentic systems, and AI governance. She speaks at industry forums alongside leaders from global financial institutions, central banks, and technology firms. She advises senior leaders on how to move beyond pilots and build AI