
Founder
Kannan Durairaj
Business enabler. Transformation leader. Applied AI technologist.
Kannan doesn't just advise on AI. He delivers it: live, in front of real customers, inside some of Australia's most demanding organisations.
At Commonwealth Bank, ranked #1 in Asia-Pacific for AI maturity, he led the launch of the bank's first customer-facing multi-agent system: an AI relationship manager for small-business customers. Live in just four months, it helped customers take control of their cash flow and drove revenue growth for the bank. At Zurich Australia, he led the insurer's first agentic transformation.
Over 20+ years at Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank, Zurich Australia, News Corp and Amazon Services, he has led the teams, platforms and change that turn technology into business results. Across banking and insurance, he has delivered customer-facing multi-agent solutions and AI products, all built on strong governance and engineering discipline.
For business leaders, Kannan is a trusted partner with skin in the game. He pairs executive engagement with hands-on depth in agentic systems, generative AI and AI-native platforms. He has carried accountability for AI outcomes, not just advised on them, and stays with you from the first workshop to go-live.
He founded MyCognitive to help organisations move from AI pilots to governed agentic operations, where agents create value and people stay accountable.
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