Global Thought Leader · Board Strategy · Responsible AI
Governance for a World in Transformation.
Helping boards and leadership teams navigate enterprise transformation, emerging risks, and responsible AI to build resilient, future-ready institutions.
Governed Transformation. Stronger Institutions. Trusted Growth.
Dr. Rajiv Yadav, Ph.D.
Board Strategy & Governance Advisor
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Board Governance
Strategy execution, accountability and stakeholder trust at the board table.
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Enterprise Transformation
Operating models, platforms and delivery governance that hold under pressure.
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Responsible AI
Bringing AI oversight into the boardroom through the STEWARD-AI™ framework.
Executive introduction
Dr. Yadav has led strategy, transformation and governance for more than 35 years across four continents in banking, financial services, infrastructure, insurance and technology, as a former Board Director, Management Board member and senior executive advising Boards, CEOs and regulators across Asia and the Middle East.
Read the full biography- 35+
- Years of boardroom and executive leadership across four continents
- 6
- ASEAN banking subsidiaries covered by Krungsri group strategy and transformation
- USD 28M
- Profitability improvement in the AIG Retail Bank turnaround
- USD 30B+
- Diversified infrastructure portfolio in scope for strategy and performance management
Featured insight
AI Governance
STEWARD-AI: A Boardroom Framework for Responsible AI Leadership
AI is now a Board-level matter. STEWARD-AI™ gives Directors eight connected dimensions and a simple Ask, Assess, Act approach for setting guardrails on AI.
Signature framework
STEWARD-AI™: Bringing Responsible AI Leadership into the Boardroom.
A board-centric framework for AI governance, created by Dr. Rajiv Yadav, built on eight pillars from strategy and trust to data and innovation.
Explore the framework- SStrategy
- TTrust
- EEthics
- WWorkforce
- AAccountability
- RRisk
- DData
- IInnovation
Global perspective
Leadership across borders and markets.
Roles and responsibilities spanning ASEAN, the Middle East, India-linked markets, Australia and the United States.
ASEAN
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar
Krungsri · AIG Retail Bank Thailand · AIA · Vietnam International Bank
Middle East
Infrastructure portfolio from Riyadh and Dubai
Vision Invest / ACWA Holding
India
Financial services, technology delivery and board communities
GE Capital · Tata Interactive · Birlasoft · Perot Systems · Board Stewardship
Australia & the United States
Global delivery operations
Birlasoft (Melbourne)
Selected career milestones
Institutions led through change.
2019 – 2025
Krungsri Bank (MUFG Group)
Senior Vice President, Group Strategy & Transformation
Group-level strategy, transformation and governance across six ASEAN banking subsidiaries.
Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar.
2007 – 2009
AIG Retail Bank
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Information Officer · Board Director
Dual COO and CIO accountability for a USD 0.9B consumer finance bank serving approximately 500,000 customers.
Operations, technology, enterprise risk and business transformation; later acquired by Bank of Ayudhya.
2009 – 2010
Vietnam International Bank
Chief Operating Officer
Dual COO/CIO accountability for a USD 3.5B commercial and consumer bank, as a member of the Bank Management Board.
Operations, technology and enterprise risk.
2013 – 2017
Vision Invest (ACWA Holding)
Corporate Strategy Director, Middle East
Group strategy, performance management and governance across a USD 30+ billion infrastructure portfolio.
Power, water, healthcare, education, aviation, transportation and industrial sectors.
2001 – 2006
Birlasoft Limited
Vice President, Operations · P&L Owner
P&L ownership of the GE Global Development Center, a greenfield operation.
Grew from inception to USD 100M in annual revenue and 5,000 employees within five years.
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