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AI Agents · Governance · Academy

Building the
governed
AI enterprise.

Enterprise AI agents, governance frameworks, and AI literacy — from Lausanne, Switzerland. Helping organisations adopt AI responsibly at Olympic scale.

18
years Microsoft
ecosystem
5
Olympic Games
supported
14
role RACI
framework
— WHAT I DO

Three pillars.
One vision.

A coherent practice built around designing, governing, and teaching AI agents — for enterprises ready to scale responsibly.

01 —
🤖

AI Agents
Development

Production-ready AI agents built with Copilot Studio, MindStudio, and Make.com. From lead capture to multi-agent enterprise workflows — governance included by design.

Copilot Studio · MindStudio · Make.com · Claude
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02 —
⚖️

AI Governance
Consultancy

Framework design, risk classification, lifecycle governance, and RACI structure for organisations deploying AI agents at enterprise scale. GDPR, PDPL, NDMO aligned.

EU AI Act · PDPL · NDMO · ISO 42001
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03 —
🎓

AI Academy
& Literacy

Plain-language AI education for teams and leaders in the GCC and beyond. Workshops, playbooks, and explainers on agentic AI — built from real enterprise experience.

Workshops · Playbooks · GCC Focus
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— AGENT PORTFOLIO

Agents in the wild.

Every agent I build becomes a documented use case — architecture, tools, governance classification, and outcomes. Growing continuously.

AGENT — 001
Mentor Match
Lead capture and geo-routing to mentor knowledge bases · NZ & AU
MindStudio Claude Sonnet Make.com Google Sheets
Deterministic workflow agent · Phase 1 · Live · 0 lines of code
AGENT — 002
In development
AGENT — 003
In development
— GOVERNANCE

Governance that
scales with AI.

Built from an enterprise-scale framework — a 7-stage lifecycle, 14-role RACI, and risk-tiered classification. Available to any organisation.

7-Stage AI Agent Lifecycle
01Ideation & Business Case
02Risk Classification
03Design & Architecture
04Build & Test
05Governance Review
06Deploy & Monitor
07Decommission
14-ROLE RACI — SAMPLE
R
Agent Owner
A
AI Gov. Lead
C
Data Privacy
I
Biz. Sponsor
STARTER
AI Readiness Assessment
Evaluate your organisation's readiness to adopt AI agents — governance gaps, data quality, compliance posture.
CHF 800
CORE
Governance Framework Design
Custom AI agents governance framework — lifecycle model, RACI, risk classification, and operational controls.
CHF 3,500
ADVISORY
Ongoing Governance Advisory
Monthly retainer — governance reviews, agent audits, regulatory alignment (EU AI Act, PDPL, NDMO).
CHF 1,200/mo
FIVERR
Quick Governance Review
Targeted agent governance audit for small teams and startups. Delivered via Fiverr with clear deliverables.
From $150
— AI ACADEMY

AI literacy,
without the jargon.

Plain-language explainers and workshops — built for leaders, teams, and organisations in the GCC navigating agentic AI for the first time.

FREE GUIDE

What is an AI agent, really?

The difference between a chatbot, a copilot, and an autonomous agent — explained without buzzwords.

PLAYBOOK

NDMO in plain English

A practical guide to Saudi Arabia's AI governance requirements under SDAIA/NDMO for non-technical leaders.

FREE GUIDE

Why Copilot deployments fail

The governance gap that kills most enterprise Copilot rollouts — and how to close it before launch.

WORKSHOP

AI Agents for GCC Leaders

A half-day workshop on agentic AI strategy, governance foundations, and Vision 2030 alignment.

FREE GUIDE

The AI agent lifecycle explained

From ideation to decommission — a visual walkthrough of the 7 stages every enterprise agent must pass through.

COMING SOON

AI Governance Starter Kit

A downloadable framework for SMEs to begin AI governance without a dedicated team. Based on real enterprise methodology.

— ABOUT

18 years of precision.
Now applied to AI.

I'm Athar Sheikh — an AI Agents Governance Lead and enterprise Microsoft ecosystem specialist based in Lausanne, Switzerland. I've spent 18 years building digital infrastructure, and the last several years building the governance frameworks that make AI trustworthy at scale.

My work sits at the intersection of building and governing — I don't just design frameworks, I build the agents they govern. From Olympic Games digital delivery to enterprise Copilot adoption, I bring operational precision to a space that desperately needs it.

My background spans Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, India, and Switzerland — which gives me a rare ability to navigate both Western enterprise AI frameworks and GCC regulatory environments like PDPL and NDMO.

🏔️
International Olympic Committee
AI Agents Lead · Lausanne, Switzerland
📜
Anthropic AI Fluency Certified
Framework & Foundations · 2025
🏅
Paris 2024 Paralympics
Assistant Venue Results Manager
🎓
MCSE · Azure AI · PMI AI Certified
Microsoft & PMI · Multiple credentials
18
Years Microsoft
ecosystem expertise
5
Olympic & Paralympic
Games supported
14
Role RACI AI
governance framework
7
Stage AI agent
lifecycle model
33+
Functional areas maintained for Olympic-scale digital delivery
Based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Swiss-based means precision, neutrality, and GDPR/FADP alignment by default — a quality signal that resonates globally, especially across the GCC and Middle East.
Anthropic AI Fluency Azure AI Fundamentals MCSE M365 Olympic IOC PMI AI
— CONTACT

Let's build something
governed.

Whether you need an AI agent built, a governance framework designed, or your team trained on agentic AI — I'd love to hear what you're working on.