AI & Digital Transformation Keynote Speaker

Helping businesses grow with clarity, strategy, and soul.

🎯 28+ years in digital transformation
🎯 Keynotes that spark action—not just applause
🎯 Frameworks like AWESOME™ to scale business with integrity

Why Event Organisers Book Sudha Mani

Sudha blends strategy, story, and soul in every keynote.
No jargon. No recycled slides. Just lived insight from 28+ years of leading change across sectors like:

  • Higher Education
  • Financial Services
  • Public Sector
  • Startups & Solopreneurs

From AI strategy to digital growth ecosystems, she helps audiences cut through noise and find clarity that lasts beyond the event.

Keynote & Workshop Topics 

🧠 AWESOME™ Framework: Build Businesses That Work While You Rest
The 7-stage blueprint for scaling sustainably—used by experts and founders worldwide.

🤖 From Chaos to Clarity: Leading AI with Wisdom, Not Hype
Sector-specific insights in Finance, Public Sector, and Higher Ed.

👩🏽‍💼 Women Who Lead the Machine: Inclusive AI Starts with Us
Why the next generation of tech must sound—and lead—like women.

📦 Expert to Entrepreneur: Turn What You Know Into A Digital Business
From knowledge to digital product. No fluff. Just frameworks that work.

🏛️ Boards, Bots & Bravery: Why AI Governance Belongs in the Boardroom
For directors ready to treat AI like a leadership priority, not an IT project.

Formats That Fit Your Event

Sudha Mani delivers more than just keynotes—she delivers strategic clarity, deep audience connection, and takeaways that translate into action the very next day.

Whether you're running a global summit, a boardroom strategy day, or a niche roundtable on digital inclusion—Sudha meets your audience where they are, then elevates the conversation.

🔚 No cookie-cutter content. Ever.

Every talk is tailored to your theme, your audience, and your outcomes.
Because real transformation doesn’t come from recycled slides—it comes from real conversations.

🎤 Keynotes (20–60 minutes)

Designed to ignite momentum and shift mindsets. These are high-impact, story-rich sessions that leave your audience saying, “I finally get it—and I know what to do next.”
Perfect for:
  • Industry conferences
  • Innovation summits
  • Women in Tech & Leadership events

🔥 Fireside Chats & Panel Moderation

More conversation, less PowerPoint.
Sudha brings warmth, sharp thinking, and inclusive insight to every panel she joins—or moderates. She keeps the dialogue flowing and the soundbites punchy.
Perfect for:
  • Public-facing events
  • Diversity & inclusion showcases
  • Tech-for-good panels

👥 C-Level Roundtables

Confidential. Candid. Commercial.
Sudha facilitates high-trust conversations among decision-makers to explore AI ethics, digital capability gaps, and how to lead without burning out your teams—or your budgets.
Perfect for:

  • Boardroom sessions
  • Digital transformation steering groups
  • Executive leadership retreats

🏛️ Boardroom Briefings on AI & Governance

Short, sharp briefings designed for non-technical leaders.
Sudha unpacks the real implications of GenAI, data ethics, and digital accountability—without jargon, fearmongering, or hype.

Perfect for:

  • Board development days
  • Risk, ethics & audit committee workshops
  • University and public sector strategy briefings

🧭 Half-Day Strategy Sessions

Sudha rolls up her sleeves and works side-by-side with your team or delegates. These are focused, action-led workshops built around a single challenge—be it AI adoption, digital readiness, or productising expertise. Includes: Interactive exercises, Strategic frameworks (like AWESOME™ or A.I.M.), Tangible outputs and next steps

Perfect for:

  • Internal innovation days
  • Strategic planning offsites
  • Entrepreneur cohorts or accelerator programmes
Ethical AI and digital growth strategies tailored for real business leaders

🎧 Podcast Guest with Purpose

Looking for a guest who brings AI down to earth, makes digital transformation human, and tells real stories—without the fluff?

Sudha Mani isn’t here to parrot what’s trending.She’s here to shift how your listeners think about business, tech, and leadership—by making it soulful, strategic, and actionable.

Sudha brings relatable analogies, cultural wisdom, and frameworks like AWESOME™ and FREEDOM™ — making her a favourite with audiences who want more than hype.

Podcast Topics that Resonate

  • The Future of Work Is Female—and AI-Ready
  • How to Build a Business That Works While You Rest
  • From Survival to Strategy: A Systems Thinker’s Take on Burnout
  • AI Ethics, Governance & Why Boards Can’t Ignore It
  • Why Your Expertise Deserves a Digital Ecosystem (Not Just a Funnel)
  • Ideal Podcasts For:

    • Tech & AI strategy
    • Women in STEM / Women in Business
    • Entrepreneurship & Digital Products
    • Public Sector Innovation
    • Leadership & Legacy

    Want to book Sudha ?

    She’s currently booking appearances for Q3 and Q4.
    Available for virtual and in-studio interviews (UK-based).