17 - 19 November, 2026
Bangkok, Thailand
Sayan Banerjee
Chief Analytics & AI Officer
XLSMART
Trustworthy AI & Data
Sayan Banerjee is the Chief Analytics & AI Officer at XLSMART, one of Southeast Asia's largest telecommunications operators. He leads the company's Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Agentic AI agenda, helping transform how the business grows, operates and creates value through data-driven decision-making and AI at scale.
With more than 20 years of leadership experience across telecommunications, technology consulting, advanced analytics and AI transformation, Sayan has led large-scale data and AI programmes across Australia and Asia. Prior to XLSMART, he held senior leadership roles at Telstra, where he led Data Science and AI initiatives across one of the Asia-Pacific region's leading telecommunications companies. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions with IBM Consulting and Infosys, delivering enterprise transformation, analytics and technology programmes for global organisations.
Sayan is a recognised thought leader on the future of AI in telecommunications, with a particular focus on how operators can evolve from connectivity providers into intelligence-driven businesses. His current work focuses on enterprise AI transformation, AI governance, agentic AI, autonomous decision-making and new business models emerging from the convergence of AI, digital ecosystems and telecommunications.
He holds an MBA from SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.
With more than 20 years of leadership experience across telecommunications, technology consulting, advanced analytics and AI transformation, Sayan has led large-scale data and AI programmes across Australia and Asia. Prior to XLSMART, he held senior leadership roles at Telstra, where he led Data Science and AI initiatives across one of the Asia-Pacific region's leading telecommunications companies. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions with IBM Consulting and Infosys, delivering enterprise transformation, analytics and technology programmes for global organisations.
Sayan is a recognised thought leader on the future of AI in telecommunications, with a particular focus on how operators can evolve from connectivity providers into intelligence-driven businesses. His current work focuses on enterprise AI transformation, AI governance, agentic AI, autonomous decision-making and new business models emerging from the convergence of AI, digital ecosystems and telecommunications.
He holds an MBA from SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.
