Preetha Bedi
London,United Kingdom
Summary
Accomplished Associate Director with over 26 years of experience in financial services, government, and communications industries. Expertise in operational risk assessments, regulatory compliance, and strategic client advisory, particularly in financial services and defence sectors. Proficient in compliance standards including ISO, NIST, GDPR, and EU regulations. Demonstrated success in board reporting, stakeholder management, and developing go-to-market strategies. Experienced [Job Title] with over [Number] years in [Type] industry.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Global Cloud Trust Lead and UKIA Sovereign Cloud Lead (Internal facing)
Accenture
London
2021.09 - 2025.11
- Established Global Cloud Trust Practice and assembled high-performing global team building opportunity pipeline of $40-50m
- Spearheaded practice, shaping offerings, thought leadership, and advisory services to clients; as sales lead, engaged in pivotal deals to develop trust and compliance offerings, serving as key differentiator that enabled resilient solutions for clients and facilitated compliance as entry point for their technology transformation journeys
- Devised Operational Risk Assessment Framework as core offering, integrated into Accenture's Enterprise Third Party Risk Management Framework for its third-party suppliers and technology partners; this included regulatory requirements and strategies to address sovereignty, AI, and responsible AI considerations among other technology security and resilience controls
- Developed UKIA Sovereign Cloud Practice, which involved creating sovereignty point of view across regulated industries such as Financial Services, Health, Defence, Public Safety, Nuclear, Aerospace & Defence, tailored for UKI market across chipset/infrastructure/platform/AI/Space; focused on sales strategies and pivot areas based on industry and client needs
- Fostered partnerships with Cloud Service Providers and Trade Bodies to propose go-to-market strategies
- Formulated approaches for embedding Sovereignty into Space and defined cross-domain framework operable across sea, earth, and beyond
- Acted as Market Sovereignty Lead for Ecosystem Partners; provided advisory on sovereign cloud solutions addressing government sector needs across EMEA markets
- Enhanced market visibility, serving as regular speaker at panels and industry events
Technology Risk Compliance Lead/SME (Client facing)
Accenture
London
2015.07 - 2025.11
- Assessed compliance gaps across technology transformation programmes across industries with deep focus in Financial Services and government sectors; spanning clients across UK, Ireland, Nordics, Middle East, Belgium, Luxembourg, ASG, Africa, US, India, Thailand, Singapore
- Championed and directed implementation efforts related to compliance issues in architecture and governance across Public & Sovereign cloud frameworks
- Provided SME expertise and executive leadership on regulatory matters including Technical Architecture assessments, Operational Risk Assessments and Exposures, Exit Strategies and Plans, and Third-Party risk and management concerning Sovereignty across Cloud technologies, Trust, and Sovereign AI issues. This work helped clients become compliant and receive regulatory approvals for transformation business cases and roll-outs
- Developed regulator engagement strategies, including briefing packs and communications preparation for regulators that clients could use; trained clients to fulfill role of compliance lead
- Engineered Sovereign Architecture and Sovereign AI methodologies
- Oversaw delivery and provided Executive Leadership, including managing relationships with C-suite stakeholders
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Mumbai University
Bachelor of Science - Physics
St. Xavier's College
MumbaiSolicitor's Qualification(currently ongoing) -
Self-study
Skills
- Industries
- Financial Services
- Government
- Communications & Media
- Functional
- Enterprise Risk Management & Operational Risk
- Regulatory Compliance (ISO, NIST, CCM, GDPR, DORA, EU AI Act, EU Chips Act, EU Sensitive Minerals,local nuances to tech and FS regulations in regions like EMEA, US, APAC
- Security Frameworks & Sovereign Architecture
- Program & Change Management
- Third Party Risk Management
- Technical : Cloud Platforms : AWS, Salesforce, Azure, SAP
- Board Reporting and CXO Stakeholder Management
- Sales & Practice Building
- GTM and Speaker @Events
Certification
- ISO Internal Auditor
- Space Law Certification, currently ongoing, Pursuing the Space Law certification with LSBG.
- Space Law, currently ongoing, Studying this topic with the Law Society via online course.
Interests
- Charity Initiatives - proponent for Children's causes
- Podcaster and Storyteller on quantum mechanics, science and poetry using standup and verse
Timeline
Global Cloud Trust Lead and UKIA Sovereign Cloud Lead (Internal facing)
Accenture
2021.09 - 2025.11
Technology Risk Compliance Lead/SME (Client facing)
Accenture
2015.07 - 2025.11
Master of Science - Computer Science
Mumbai University
Bachelor of Science - Physics
St. Xavier's College
Solicitor's Qualification(currently ongoing) -
Self-study