About

I connect enterprise transformation with the architecture that makes AI trustworthy.

My career has moved from regulated data and global platforms to product leadership, enterprise planning, and hands-on AI systems. The consistent thread is turning complex technology into accountable operating change.

Ayo Ashiru
My perspective

I believe enterprise AI is fundamentally a systems and transformation challenge. A capable model can produce an impressive answer; a trusted operation needs clear ownership, reliable data, permissions, verification, observability, and an operating model that people can use.

My work sits at that intersection. I connect enterprise product leadership with hands-on systems architecture, then use evidence from operating those systems to understand what genuinely scales.

My journey

I began in enterprise data, regulatory reporting, and transformation programmes, where trust, traceability, and operational resilience were non-negotiable. I then moved through consulting and global product leadership, leading data, platform, planning, and digital-transformation work across Citi, Deloitte, Kraft Heinz, Shell, BP, and Mars.

That journey taught me that adoption rarely fails because the technology cannot demonstrate value. It fails when the operating system around the technology cannot carry that value safely into everyday work. I now apply that lesson directly to enterprise AI.

What I’m building

I'm designing and operating a governed multi-agent AI platform that combines reasoning and tool orchestration with identity, permissions, human approvals, verification, and full execution auditability. I use it as a hands-on proving ground for the research on this site — evidence of what I can build and operate, not a substitute for client or employer outcomes.

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Selected experience

Product, data, and transformation leadership.

Enterprise AI Systems & Product Architect

Independent Research and Development2026 — present
  • Architecting an enterprise-grade platform that securely orchestrates autonomous AI agents across business systems, APIs, and enterprise workflows.
  • Governed multi-agent design: reasoning, tool orchestration, human approvals, identity, permissions, and full execution auditability.

Global Product Manager, Enterprise Planning

Mars2024 — 2026
  • Led global transformation of demand & supply planning, applying product-led thinking to AI-enhanced forecasting and integrated planning.
  • Designed Mars's first product-led operating model for Enterprise Planning, aligning 5 regions; deployed AI forecasting into live supply-chain cycles.

Supply Chain Data & Analytics Product Lead

BP2023 — 2024
  • Delivered AI-powered planning dashboards globally, accelerating decision speed by 25%.
  • Led cloud migration of analytics to AWS; introduced O2C process-mining, cutting cycle time 20%.

Lead Product Manager

Shell2022 — 2023
  • Owned customer-data integration & segmentation for Shell Marketplace — +45% product engagement, +5% revenue.
  • Optimised 650+ offers across 18 sectors; delivered platform APIs to scale B2B engagement and analytics.

Product Manager (Vice President)

Citi2018 — 2022
  • Launched an automated fiduciary-compliance platform processing 150K+ data points daily, reducing manual checks by 75%.
  • Built audit-traceability tooling aligned with global regulatory mandates.

Workday Product Manager

Kraft Heinz2017 — 2018
  • Directed global GDPR implementation in Workday; strengthened data-governance policy and controls.

Management Consultant

Deloitte2015 — 2017
  • MiFID II programme health-checks for the London Stock Exchange; risk mitigation across milestones.
  • Delivered an end-to-end redress & remediation platform for 185K customers (Co-op Bank).

Business Analyst → Senior BA (AVP)

Citi2013 — 2015
  • Built FINREP/COREP regulatory-reporting requirements across EMEA, transitioning legacy systems to vendor platforms.

Education & certifications

Kellogg School of Management

  • C-Suite Program in AI & Digital Transformation (2025)
  • AI at Scale: Driving Real Business Outcomes Across the Enterprise (2025)
  • Data Strategy for Generative AI Platforms (2025)

London Business School

  • Leading Digital Transformation (2024)

ICAgile

  • Agile Product Ownership — ICP-APO (2019)

Queen Mary University of London

  • BSc Computer Science
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Let’s discuss what you’re building.

I’m open to senior enterprise AI, product, and transformation leadership opportunities; selected advisory work; and thoughtful research or speaking collaborations.