Team

Built by founders
who lived the discipline.

Fifty-plus years of institutional control, enterprise architecture, and agentic AI — backed by a council of risk, data, and AI leaders. Certavixx exists to make AI in regulated institutions trustworthy, governable, and audit-ready.

Why Certavixx

Most institutions have AI, we provide the Assurance.

AI Assurance that systems are operating as intended. AI Assurance that regulatory requirements are being met. AI Assurance that risks are identified, monitored, and controlled. Certavixx bridges innovation and assurance — the controls, oversight, and governance frameworks required to deploy AI safely, responsibly, and at scale.

Leadership

Founders

Hemant Julka
Hemant Julka
Founder & CEO · Interim Chief AI Risk Officer

36 years building governance and institutional control inside regulated banking. Senior leadership at Emirates NBD, then oversight across 1,800+ products at Emirates Group CIO. CISA · CGEIT · CRISC · ISO 9001 · Cornell CAIO · UAE Golden Visa endorsed by the Ministry of AI.

Emirates Group Emirates NBD Cornell
Sathish Jeyakumar
Sathish Jeyakumar
Co-Founder & CTO

26 years in enterprise architecture, 15 of them as Chief Architect at Emirates Group. Founder of Veehive.ai (agentic AI, Dubai AI Seal). Fractional CTO across 12+ GenAI startups. UC Berkeley Haas · WEF · Microsoft GAC.

Emirates Group Accenture UC Berkeley
Advisory Council

Risk. Data. Agentic AI. Unified.

A world-class council bridging deep technical innovation and institutional safety — keeping Certavixx aligned with evolving regulatory expectations and emerging AI capabilities.

Prateek Madan
Prateek Madan
Head of Advisory Council

25+ years navigating complex banking risk environments, enterprise risk frameworks, and institutional control structures.

Ray Richardson
Ray Richardson
Data Advisor

Former Chief Data Officer at a global bank with 25+ years driving enterprise data strategy, governance, and regulatory data initiatives.

Sean Burke
Sean Burke
Risk Advisor

25+ years navigating UK and European banking risk regulations, operational risk, governance, and institutional controls.

Dr Ahmed Al-Ali
Dr Ahmed Al-Ali
Agentic AI Advisor

Co-founder of Otera. Recognised authority on autonomous AI architectures, agent operating models, and next-generation AI governance.

Nour Taher
Nour Taher
NLP Advisor

Founder of Intella. Leading expert in Arabic NLP, multilingual AI systems, and responsible AI deployment across diverse linguistic environments.

Risk experts. Data experts. Agentic founders. Convergent.

Helping institutions govern AI with confidence.