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Arshad Ahmed

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Board Advisor at Imperial College London
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Arshad is an experienced AI engineering leader at Lloyds Banking Group, where he heads the AI Platform product. With a background spanning over 15 years in Oil & Gas, finance, and tech, he specializes in scaling enterprise AI and MLOps. He holds an MSc in Data Science and is pursuing an Executive MBA.

Outside of his primary role, Arshad is passionate about fostering new talent and ventures. He actively mentors students in data science and AI through multiple platforms and serves as a Board Advisor for a startup fellowship at Imperial College London, his alma mater, which supports high-impact startups from Commonwealth countries.

Unique fact: Arshad began his career as a Geophysicist, working with large-scale marine seismic data for five years before transitioning into the world of AI and machine learning.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Board Advisor
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Enterprise AI Platforms
He leads the team that delivered and continues to evolve the enterprise AI platform on GCP at Lloyds Banking Group, focusing on scaling AI and ML across the bank.
Responsible AI
Emphasizes the importance of building cloud-native ML platforms designed to scale safely, reliably, and responsibly, particularly in regulated environments like banking.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Board Advisor
Imperial College London
5-2023
Head of Product, AI Platform
Lloyds Banking Group
4-2022 - 5-2024
Data Mentor
HiCounselor
11-2021 - 4-2023
Head of Machine Learning Platform
Deliveroo
5-2021 - 12-2021
Data Science Mentor
MentorCruise
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Education
12-2025 - 7-2028
Executive MBA
Henley Business School
2015 - 2016
Master of Science (MSc) Data Science with Distinction
City St George’s, University of London
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