Alpesh Doshi is an AI practitioner, enterprise architect and entrepreneur with 25+ years at the intersection of technology, business transformation and leadership. As Founder and CEO of Fintricity and founder of Kendra Labs, he builds agentic AI systems and writes the code, then helps boards, C-suites and teams put it to work responsibly and at scale. Translating AI from boardroom strategy to working systems, and helping people and culture change with it. Helping firms to understand how AI will impact strategy, business model, and operations of any firm.
Beyond technology, Alpesh's focus is people. Every organisation he works with faces the same human challenge: fear about job loss, role change and what AI means for careers. He speaks candidly about leading cultural change, not promising that jobs disappear, but showing how to retrain and re-skill people to work differently. His real-world case studies, including transforming 700 engineers at a FTSE 250 company and clearing a two year backlog, give audiences the frameworks and confidence to lead change rather than fear it.
What sets Alpesh apart is range. He delivers deeply technical sessions for CTOs and architects, and strategic, plain-language keynotes for boards and senior leaders who need to understand AI's practical implications without the jargon. He presents regularly to CEOs and investors and is a sought-after voice for private equity, financial services, insurance and retail audiences.
He also tackles the issues senior leaders are too often "too afraid to ask" about: runaway AI costs and FinOps, AI governance and compliance, and how to move from experimentation to measurable outcomes. Alpesh leaves audiences informed, reassured and equipped to act.
His podcast, The Innovation Briefing interviews senior leaders and disrupters in enterprises and provides compelling and insightful thoughts to help others implement innovative change.
Alpesh is a sought-after speaker at tier-one industry conferences across AI, financial services, and enterprise technology. Engagements include keynotes at The AI Summit London, AI Week and the British Computer Society's AI Strategy Event, where he has presented on agentic AI systems, organizational transformation, and enterprise adoption strategies alongside industry leaders. He has also appeared on major panels at the Private Equity Wire European Emerging Managers Summit, Real Deals Media's Value Creation Conference, and the UK Startup Conference, addressing AI applications for value creation, responsible innovation in banking, and ecosystem opportunities.
His speaking portfolio demonstrates deep expertise across enterprise AI strategy, Agents Architecture, financial services transformation, and emerging technologies. Positioning him as a trusted voice for C-suite executives and innovation leaders navigating complex AI implementation challenges.
Signature Keynotes
1. Leading Through Uncertainty: The Executive's Guide to AI
A board-level keynote for leaders who need clarity, not hype. Alpesh demystifies AI for senior executives and translates fast-moving technology into practical decisions, priorities and risks.
Key takeaways: a clear mental model of AI for non-technical leaders; how to set AI priorities; how to lead with confidence amid uncertainty.
2. The People Side of AI: Leading Cultural Change
The human story behind AI transformation. Alpesh addresses fear, job-change anxiety and resistance head-on, drawing on his experience re-skilling 700 engineers, and shows leaders how to bring their people with them.
Key takeaways: why culture — not technology — is the real barrier; a playbook for re-skilling and role transformation; how to turn fear into engagement.
3. AI-First Business Transformation: From Strategy to Working Systems
A practitioner's view of transformation across financial services, insurance and retail. Alpesh shows what it actually takes to redesign operating models around AI and deliver measurable outcomes.
Key takeaways: what AI-first really means; case studies of transformation in practice; building 20x faster with AI.
4. Governing AI: FinOps, Cost and Compliance
The questions leaders are too afraid to ask. Alpesh tackles runaway AI spending, cost control and the governance and compliance guardrails every organisation now needs.
Key takeaways: why AI costs spiral and how to control them; a FinOps approach for agentic systems; practical governance and compliance foundations.
5. The Agentic Enterprise: What's Next for AI at Work
A forward look at agentic AI and autonomous digital workers — and what they mean for how organisations operate. Scales from strategic overview to deep technical depth for specialist audiences.
Key takeaways: how agentic AI changes the operating model; the future of work and roles; how to prepare your organisation .
Key topics
AI Implementation
Agentic AI
Leadership
People and AI
Generative AI
Data Governance
Ethical AI
Innovation Culture
Solution Architecture
Machine Learning