ali salem

I founded Aila Consultancy to lead digital finance transformation and risk programmes where execution, adoption, and audit confidence matter. Across 15 clients and £45M+ in project budgets, I've stayed accountable until outcomes are proven.

I've delivered Azure governance, AI chatbots, automated CRM, and decision-ready dashboards for MHCLG, achieving 95% adoption, 75% faster processing, and 60% accuracy improvement. For a UK retail bank, I embedded operational resilience across 15 critical services, reducing recovery time from 48 to 12 hours and achieving a PRA Strong rating with zero findings.

My work spans Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, and GRC platforms. I’ve helped financial-services clients reduce compliance gaps by 55%, cut manual checks by 65%, and move reporting from five days to eight hours; at British American Tobacco, SAP GRC and Power BI delivery generated £3M savings and a 100% audit pass.

Earlier, I led ERP and control transformations at Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Overseas Development Institute, and Islamic Relief Worldwide across 25 countries. I bring hands-on finance, governance, and programme delivery experience to high-stakes transformations that need to work in day-to-day operations, not just on paper.