Founders

The people behind Xcubed.

Access is easy to promise. What makes it useful is who is in the room. Xcubed brings together board-level enterprise experience, research on AI and the future of work, and relationships built on the ground where the technology is made.

Jenni Pignatelli
Co-founder and CEO, Strategy, brand and human-centred transformation

Jenni Pignatelli

Jenni is a strategist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience advising organisations on leadership, organisational design and transformation.

Her career spans work with global organisations including Shell, BP, Booz Allen Hamilton and Deloitte, where she developed expertise in strategic transformation, talent ecosystems and organisational performance. She is currently undertaking doctoral research on how AI reshapes organisational structures and the future of work.

At Xcubed, Jenni focuses on:

  • Strategic and organisational implications of AI adoption.
  • Helping leadership teams understand how AI changes decision-making.
  • Redesigning team structures and operating models for AI integration.
  • Aligning culture, narrative and commercial growth.

Jenni brings the critical dimension many AI initiatives lack: clarity of purpose, narrative coherence and organisational buy-in.

Samani Lamabadusuriya
Co-founder, Data, Analytics and AI strategy

Samani Lamabadusuriya

Samani is a senior data, analytics and AI executive with over 20 years of experience building and scaling analytics capability across international healthcare, insurance and customer-led organisations.

She has led global data and AI programmes across regulated markets serving millions of customers, aligning analytics strategy directly to commercial growth, operational performance and risk management.

Her experience includes:

  • Building and leading multi-disciplinary analytics teams across data science, BI, engineering and governance.
  • Defining multi-year AI roadmaps aligned to board-level strategy.
  • Delivering advanced analytics across pricing, fraud detection, retention and operational optimisation.
  • Implementing structured data governance and responsible AI frameworks in regulated environments.

Samani brings enterprise-grade AI thinking to every engagement, pragmatically, proportionately and commercially.

Jason Chan
Co-founder, China and on-the-ground access

Jason Chan

Jason is the founder and CEO of Novula, the bridge between China and the world across technology, education and advanced medical care. He is the on-the-ground partner whose relationships open the doors that matter.

  • Founder and CEO of Rogrand Consulting, and co-founder of Rogrand eCommerce, which grew into one of China's largest pharmaceutical trading platforms.
  • Raised more than US$150m from investors including Ping An, Fosun and Trustbridge.
  • Deep, direct relationships across China's electronics and manufacturing base, based in Shenzhen and operating across the Greater Bay Area.

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