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Sanka Illangakoon

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Enterprise Lead: Agentic AI in Business Intelligence at Lloyds Banking Group
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Sanka Illangakoon leads a GenAI and GenBI lab at Lloyds Banking Group, where he focuses on deploying conversational analytics to generate significant cost efficiencies. He specializes in AI solution architecture for public cloud environments and holds a postgraduate qualification in Cloud Computing from Caltech. Colleagues have described him as a "methodical" and "active team mate".

Beyond his primary role, Sanka shows a keen interest in broader economic and social trends. He has analyzed public health data related to COVID-19 and has engaged in discussions about the future of work, such as the viability of a four-day work week in the UK.

Unique fact: Sanka co-authored a publication on the role of macroeconomic policy in the stability of housing markets, delving into the causes of the 2007 financial crisis.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Enterprise Lead: Agentic AI in Business Intelligence
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Generative AI & BI
Leads an enterprise team at Lloyds Banking Group focused on scaling conversational analytics and colleague assistants, driving substantial annual cost savings through GenAI.
AI Cloud Architecture
Specializes in solution architecture for AI products in public cloud environments, with hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, and Microsoft Fabric.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Enterprise Lead: Agentic AI in Business Intelligence
Lloyds Banking Group
1-2025
Generative AI/BI Product Lead - AI & Agentic CoE
Lloyds Banking Group
10-2022 - 12-2024
Senior Manager - Advanced Analytics & AI - AI CoE
Lloyds Banking Group
1-2022
Business Mentor
Digital Boost
1-2021
Jobs Coach and Mentor
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Education
2023 - 2024
Caltech CTME PG Programme in Cloud Computing
Caltech
2020 - 2020
Executive Programme in Business Analytics - From Data to Decisions
Imperial Business School
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