Global Technology & AI Leader

Alwin
Magimay

30+ Years Building Digital, Data & AI Capabilities Across Consulting & Industry

Chief Global AI & Transformation Leader

Global technology and transformation leader with 30+ years of international experience building and scaling digital, data and AI capabilities across consulting, regulated industries and venture-backed environments. Currently Global AI Leader at PA Consulting, advising boards and CEOs on AI strategy, enterprise transformation, and measurable performance improvement.

30⁺

Years Experience

£50^m

Practice Led

250⁺

AI Professionals

Leadership & Capabilities

Federated Leadership

Built firm-wide and cross-market operating models where success depends on influence, standards and coalition building. At PA, implemented AI across seven industry verticals; at FTI across 200+ P&Ls.

Enterprise Technology at Scale

Developed board-level strategies, platform roadmaps and technology transformation programmes. Solid track record architecting and implementing technology across global organisations driving EBITDA, growth and ROIC.

Cyber, Resilience & Governance

Practice building at KPMG and Accenture covering cloud, analytics and cyber security. Recent work includes defence and nuclear environments where reliability, control and governance are central.

Data & AI Adoption

Built and scaled AI and data capabilities, centres of excellence, talent academies and hyperscaler partnerships. Deep experience turning AI from isolated pilots into enterprise-level capability.

Quality & Disciplined Execution

Led high-stakes transformation and recovery work including restructuring a failing $100m programme and delivering a regulatory AI solution for a nuclear agency with 90% productivity improvement.

CEO & Board Engagement

Regular advisor to boards, CEOs, PE investors and founders. Built PA's boardroom presence on AI, holds board advisory roles, and serves as Visiting Professor of Digital Transformation at Imperial College.

Global AI Transformation

Scaled AI teams and operating models across sectors and geographies, including growing and aligning large delivery teams across multiple countries. Currently spearheading the combined AI and Data integration for the Jacobs–PA Consulting merger.

Professional Experience

PA Consulting

Mar 2023 – Present

Management Partner,
Global Head of AI & Technology

Leads PA's £50m global AI practice, with 250+ digital, AI and data science professionals delivering transformation and measurable improvement in EBITDA and ROIC.
Spearheading the combined AI and Data integration initiative following Jacobs' £4b acquisition of PA.
Launched seven AI & technology propositions, deployed the Genie AI platform, and established four global AI Centres of Excellence across agentic AI, ML/NLP, generative AI and computer vision.
Developed strategic relationships with three hyperscalers; created PA's AI academy for capability and enablement.
Built PA's boardroom narrative on AI and increased executive-level engagement with boards and C-suite leaders.

FTI Consulting

Jun 2018 – Feb 2023

Senior Managing Director,
Head of Digital Science

Led a team of 100+ digital, data science and AI specialists, building a £25m practice from the ground up.
Advised clients across 200+ P&Ls on technology-enabled transformation, new business building and performance improvement.

McKinsey & Company

Oct 2015 – May 2018

Partner, McKinsey Digital

Established the UK practice of McKinsey Digital Labs and scaled it into a core enabler for transformation, restructuring and performance improvement engagements.
Pioneered McKinsey's Design, Build, Operate and Transfer model — later adopted as a core component of digital and technology business-building work.

KPMG

Sep 2013 – Oct 2015

Partner, KPMG Digital

Established the digital practice for KPMG UK, deploying capabilities across mobile, cloud, social media, analytics and cyber security — driving a $50m strategic growth initiative.

Accenture

Sep 1991 – Jun 2012

Partner, Accenture Digital

Led some of the largest and most complex digital, technology and mobile programmes for Sony PlayStation, EMI Music, Astro, BSkyB and Singtel.
Founding member of Andersen Consulting's Digital practice; helped establish the practice in Asia, based in Singapore for five years.

Selected Engagements

Implemented AI, Data & Technology Blueprint for a $5b global entertainment company formed through the merger of several well-known brands

Led work for one of Europe's largest defence organisations to identify generative AI opportunities across the operations value chain

Developed and implemented an AI enterprise platform for a FTSE 100 organisation targeting £100m of EBITDA improvement

Advised a global PE firm on threats and opportunities from generative AI across its portfolio

Architected and deployed an AI solution for a nuclear agency to assess regulatory impact, improving productivity & efficiency by 90% — won the AI World Series award

Designed, built and launched a new mobile app store for a large telco, generating $50m of new revenue

Created an AI-based $100m advertising revenue stream for a major APAC media company

Led creation of a new European SME digital bank to protect a €500m loan book

Helped create and launch a new African digital and AI bank, reaching 1 million customers in under 18 months and supporting a $55m Series B raise

Restructured and delivered a failing $100m digital transformation programme for a global FTSE 100 services organization

Led digital transformation at The AA following acquisition by CVC and Permira, improving customer experience and creating a digital innovation engine ahead of IPO

Led digitalisation of the chemical division of a $2bn South African oil major, delivering $50m of value through data, customer and planning improvements

Board & Thought Leadership

Board & Advisory

Non-Executive board advisor to two leading AI companies in digital workflow and AI-enabled learning.

Appointed 2017–2020 to the Board of SMART London, advising on technology-enabled improvement of living and working environments.

Thought leader and presenter at major conferences, Boards and C-suite events. ▶ Financial Times Future of AI Summit ▶ Navigating the AI Labyrinth ▶ Rise of the Intelligent Enterprise ▶ Launch of the Data Science Institute

Scheduled for Corporate Director Programme at Harvard University, April 2026.

Education & Academia

Whilst at KPMG, helped launch the Institute of Data Science in conjunction with Imperial College London.

Co-led creation of the world's most advanced data visualisation capability — the Global Data Observatory.

Helped architect the UK's first MSc in Business Analytics (Advisory Board member).

In 2021, launched the new Centre for Digital Transformation at Imperial College.

Co-authored a business book on generative AI for leaders — 3,000+ downloads and 450 physical copies distributed to C-suite clients.

Worked with Stanford and Duke faculty on executive education for senior leaders.

BEng in Aeronautical Engineering, Queen's University.

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