About Ankit
Most AI consultants give you the strategy and leave. I build what comes next.
Over 13 years across economic policy (OECD, NATO), Silicon Valley growth teams, and AI transformation for Africa's most ambitious companies, I've developed one specific skill: I can hold the board conversation and the technical architecture in the same room. That combination is rarer than it sounds.
As fractional Chief AI Officer at Holocene, I've deployed AI infrastructure across 14 portfolio companies — a white-label lead intelligence platform delivering 3x SQL conversion and 5x faster prospecting, enterprise governance protocols, and an AI Fluency Lab that's moved entire teams from AI-curious to AI-native.
My governance research sits alongside Harvard, BCG, and Meta researchers at the University of Toronto's Schwartz Reisman Institute. My Forbes writing reaches 200,000+ readers. But clients hire me because I close the gap between a strategy document and a live, measurable system.
I work best with founders and C-suite leaders who need AI to move from a line on the roadmap to a real business outcome — particularly in African markets, where the context gap with most Western consultants is significant.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Montreal (up to 50km), Toronto (up to 50km)
Experience
- Schwartz Reisman Institute, University of TorontoMember, AI & Trust Working Group — AI Governance, Policy & Institutional Design ClusterOctober 2025 - Today (9 months)Toronto, Canada• • Contributes to interdisciplinary research on AI governance and institutional trust alongside researchers from Harvard, BCG, Meta, Mila, and the Government of Ontario. Built the AI Trajectory Index, a live tool scoring 186 economies on AI readiness and adoption trajectory as an independent research contribution. ↗ GitHub
- Ivey Business School, Western UniversityEntrepreneur-in-ResidenceSeptember 2021 - Today (4 years and 10 months)• • Coach MBA teams on AI-augmented venture creation, from opportunity analysis and AI-enabled business model design through to investor pitch preparation before external venture review panels.
- McGill University — Dobson Centre for EntrepreneurshipMentor, TechAccel ProgramSeptember 2021 - Today (4 years and 10 months)• • Support deep-tech founders at McGill's premier accelerator on AI enablement, responsible deployment, and embedding AI into their commercial and product infrastructure.
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Education
- Executive Master's in Business Administration (EMBA)Ivey Business School at Western University2026Executive Master's in Business Administration (EMBA)
- Master of Arts (MA)Sciences Po Paris, PSIA2013Master of Arts (MA)