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      Dhawal works with the boards and C-suites of Fortune 500 and ASX 100 companies across the US, EU, Greater China and APAC to turn AI ambition into production-scale reality. A pioneer of enterprise agentic AI, Dhawal has helped large and complex organisations reinvent end-to-end value chains through digital workers at scale running in production. Experienced in building agentic AI platforms from internal tools, Dhawal has been involved in multiple enterprise deployments, and established AI operating models and human-AI workforce transformations spanning thousands of roles that have delivered significant cost savings for his clients.

      Dhawal has worked with AI and machine learning for more than 20 years, and has won several local and global innovation awards. He is co-author of the KPMG & INSEAD Global AI Board Governance Principles, published in Forbes, and a strategic advisor to directors, assisting them to navigate AI adoption, governance, and safety with confidence.

      Publications

      1. Areas of expertise
        • AI-driven productivity improvements
        • AI governance, risk and compliance
        • AI operating models and COE establishment
        • AI product and platform engineering
        • Board and executive advisory
        • Enterprise agentic AI
        • Enterprise AI strategy and implementation
        • Workforce transformation and AI adoption
      2. Education & qualifications
        • Finance & Innovation, Harvard Business School
        • Bachelor of Information Technology & Business Administration, Queensland University of Technology
      3. Accreditations
        • Australian Financial Review (AFR) AI Awards Finalist 2025
        • Global Innovation Award Winner, Accenture 2020
        • Global Microsoft Partner of the year award winner (AI & innovation) 2020