About Us

At Tanhill.ai, we are passionate about harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to solve real-world challenges. Our team of experts brings together years of experience in AI development, data science, and machine learning, offering tailored solutions that drive innovation and efficiency for businesses of all sizes.

Market Specialists

We help specialist and mid-market institutions navigate their AI transformation journeys, empowering them to achieve resilient growth, operational efficiency, and competitive strength in a rapidly evolving market.

Experts in AI & Transformation

Our team of seasoned experts in transformation, data science, and AI provides both tailored consulting and innovative AI products, offering practical tools that support sustainable change.

A collaborative partnering approach

Supported by an ecosystem of best-in-class providers, Tanhill.ai delivers a modern consulting model: a collaborative, principled approach that ensures lasting impact, strategic alignment, and a seamless transition to AI-enabled operations.

Meet our leadership team

We are a group of senior industry specialists with all the skills needed to support your AI transformation journey

David Royle

CEO and founder
Tanhill.ai founder and CEO. Dynamic and results-oriented innovation and transformation leader with 30 years of experience in financial services, enterprise and Fintech. Works extensively with C suite and leadership teams to realise business value from digital transformation, data and AI innovation. Big 4 / Big 6 professional services trained and equity partner, senior exec in gloabl technogy firms, and fintech founder.

Seun Sotuminu

Data Science & AI lead
Head of AI and data science. 10+ years in design, development, integration, implementation and training in AI and data science projects. Previous head of AI and data science for Virgin Money.

Richard Jarvis

Data platform advisor
Specialising in AI operating model innovation to impact customer, channel, risk and cost strategies. Experience implementing next-gen AI operations and business design. Risk/Reg innovation through distributed infrastructure, including multi-cloud or regional architectures. Previous leadership roles spanning Gartner, Oracle, Seldon, Anaplan and Palantir.

Jamie Crossman-Smith

Solution development
AI, Data science & Digital Transformation Leader with a professional background in internal audit and risk, ensuring AI adoption is ethical and reliable. Visiting Fellow Manchester Metropolitan and DataIQ 100 Innovation Champion Shortlist 2024.

Examples of some of our work

We have worked extensively across many sectors, inlcuding finanacial services, technology and retail with globally leading organisations. We are focused on bringing this transformative AI expertise to the wider market.

Official AI training partner for a global professional body in the Securities Investment, Wealth Management, and Financial Planning sectors. Delivering AI training workshops to their member organisations. Over 35 executive teams trained and their AI strategies developed.

For a global technology firm we developed their GenAI strategy and solution to support their global sales teams.

For a leading online retailer we designed and implemented new price optimisation, retention strategy, product recommendation models.

For a leading building society we built an AI and data science innovation hub.

For a global bank we assessed the impact of the Consumer Duty Act and designed solutions to monitor ongoing compliance.

We led the AI team for a leading digital bank, driving  the adoption of AI for the business.

The AI Ecosystem

We don’t pretend to do it all and no one firm is able to support your AI transformation (despite what they may say). You will need specialists who work across data, cloud computing, innovation and transformation. To support your journey we have brought together leading and innovative firms in the market to draw upon their expertise as required.

Join our AI ecosystem

If you are a market leader and provide critical skills to support AI transformation, reach out to discuss joining our AI ecosystem.