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WHAT WE DISCUSSED
As enterprises move beyond the “AI Hype” of 2023–2024, the focus has shifted from experimentation to execution. Executive teams are now accountable for how generative AI (GenAI) delivers real impact across growth, margin, risk, and operating efficiency.
This closed-door executive dinner roundtable, led by NTT DATA and supported by HPE, brought together senior enterprise leaders to discuss what it takes to operationalize GenAI at scale. The discussion focused on why an end-to-end approach matters, from AI-ready infrastructure and platforms to governance, security, and integration into core business workflows.
Insights from NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report show a widening gap between organizations that industrialize AI and those that remain stuck in pilots. AI leaders are significantly more likely to achieve double-digit revenue growth and higher operating margins because they redesign workflows end to end and build secure, scalable foundations for AI.
Designed for CxOs and senior leaders responsible for business operations, risk, strategy and transformation, this roundtable offered a peer-led forum to exchange practical lessons on turning GenAI ambition into sustained business value.
AGENDA
17:00 – 18:00
Guest arrival & networking
18:00 – 18:10
Welcome by BuyerForesight & icebreaker round
18:10 – 18:30
Introduction/ presentation by NTT DATA & HPE
18:30 – 20:30
Roundtable discussion, dinner & networking
20:30
Closing & dinner concludes
SOLUTION EXPERTS
Sze-Mun Foo
Practice Solutions Director – Malaysia, NTT DATA
Sze-Mun Foo serves as the Practice Solutions Director in Malaysia, a position he has held since joining the NTT DATA (previously NTT Ltd.) in 2019. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing the strategic investment plan and optimizing the solution portfolio investment across multiple lines of business solutions and transformative technologies for the clients. A core component of his role involves high-level client engagement to ascertain their specific contexts and facilitate the development of customized solutions. Internally, Sze Mun collaborates to advise on the creation and management of a comprehensive technology roadmap, articulating the positioning, capabilities, and features necessary for enhanced delivery capability enablement.
Shih-Huei Tan
Private Cloud AI Partner and Alliances Regional Executive, HPE
Shih Huei manages APAC alliances for HPE’s Turnkey AI Factory. He has been working closely with partners and customers to leverage Artificial Intelligence to drive business outcomes across various industries across the region. Prior to this he worked as a solution architect implementing large scale enterprise AI/ML solutions with various customers.
