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Dr David R. Hardoon

Managing Director and Head of Advanced AI, South-East Asia

He helps organisations turn AI from ambition into results, drawing on a career that spans research, software, start-ups, consultancy, regulation, banking and a diversified conglomerate.

Creator of FEAT and Veritas; author of SAFE and The AI Failure Handbook. First Chief Data Officer at MAS, where he established the Data Analytics Group.

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Managing Director, Head of Advanced AI, South-East Asia

Accenture, since June 2026.

Read the announcement → People Matters, 2 July 2026

Banking

Global Head of AI Enablement

Standard Chartered, April 2025 – May 2026.

Read the announcement → Standard Chartered, 7 April 2025

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H2O.ai AI 100, 2025Enterprise Innovators. Honourees were featured on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square, New York.Recognition →

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Handbook

The AI Failure Handbook

What gets in the way of an AI transformation, so the work can succeed.

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Essay · 22 December 2025

AI's Silent Fracture: Reconciling Ambition with Execution

On the gap between AI ambition and execution.

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Framework · April 2026

Global AI & Agentic AI Governance

A single map of the governance landscape for practitioners and regulators.

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14 October 2026

Leaving the Sandbox: AI In the Real World

13 April 2026

AI Doesn't Fail, Leadership Does

4 February 2026

What Happens When Every Banker Has AI?

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