Buki Obayiuwana

Buki Obayiuwana

Managing Director and Head of Transformation
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I am a senior transformation leader with a track record of helping organisations optimise performance, drive strategic change, and embed lasting improvements.

As Head of Change and Transformation at Crowe UK, I work with organisations to reshape their operating models, enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and navigate the impact of complex market and regulatory challenges on their ways of working.

With deep expertise in business transformation, operational excellence, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled change, I partner with leadership teams to translate strategic ambitions into practical, results-driven solutions. My focus is on making transformation work in the real world, ensuring that change is not only well-designed but also successfully delivered and sustained. AI is reshaping how businesses operate, but its successful adoption requires more than just technology. It demands the right strategy, governance, and execution. I help organisations unlock the potential of AI to enhance decision-making, automate processes, and drive efficiency, ensuring they adopt AI in a structured, risk-aware, and value-driven way.

I am a qualified accountant and have held senior roles in the insurance and consulting sectors. I am an experienced Non-Executive Director, and Committee Chair for non-profit organisations, including a campaign organisation and a religious charity.

What I Do

  • AI Awareness, Strategy and Execution
  • Operating Model Transformation
  • Process Optimisation and Cost Reduction
  • Regulatory and Market-Driven Change 
  • Programme Leadership and Change Management 
  • Culture, Governance and Risk Management

My Clients

  • Financial Services
  • Insurance
  • Banking
  • Asset management
  • Retail
  • Real estate
  • Social purpose and non-profits

My insights

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Regulating the Future: How insurers can begin to lead on AI governance
Insurers have a real opportunity to lead on AI, governance helps build trust, scale innovation, and stay ahead of evolving expectations.
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Supplier risk management with Technology and Transformation
What is the role of technology and transformation in ebabling effective and efficient approaches to supplier risk management?
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Reflecting on 2024: Artificial Intelligence
Over the past year, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed nearly every industry and societal aspect.
lady wearing glasses blue reflection
Regulating the Future: How insurers can begin to lead on AI governance
Insurers have a real opportunity to lead on AI, governance helps build trust, scale innovation, and stay ahead of evolving expectations.
lady on laptop
Supplier risk management with Technology and Transformation
What is the role of technology and transformation in ebabling effective and efficient approaches to supplier risk management?
lady with laptop tablet and notepad
Reflecting on 2024: Artificial Intelligence
Over the past year, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed nearly every industry and societal aspect.

Hubs

Utilise artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency and effectiveness


How you can utilise AI, enabling your people and organisation to operate more efficiently and effectively. 
Our roadmap helps you understand how to move from experimentation to transformation.
The top practices that align with both UK and EU regulations when integrating AI into insurance.
Unlock finance efficiency with AI: practical use cases for UK teams, from Excel Copilot to automated reporting.
How you can utilise AI, enabling your people and organisation to operate more efficiently and effectively. 
Our roadmap helps you understand how to move from experimentation to transformation.
The top practices that align with both UK and EU regulations when integrating AI into insurance.
Unlock finance efficiency with AI: practical use cases for UK teams, from Excel Copilot to automated reporting.

Memberships

  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA, CGMA)
  • Chartered Governance Institute (CGI)
  • Diploma in Charity Accounting (DChA), Institute of Chartered Accounting in England and Wales (ICAEW)
  • LLB, Law
  • MSc Risk Management, Operations and Regulation
  • MSc, Voluntary Sector Management

Awards