Saachin Bhatt

Brdge

Saachin Bhatt is a serial entrepreneur, innovation strategist and board advisor who helps leaders and ventures go from 0 to 1, turning emerging technology into measurable outcomes across SMEs and global enterprises.

He joined Accenture at 18 as a data scientist and by 21 was one of the firm's youngest consultants globally, working across national security, aerospace and tier-1 banking. That same year, he became the youngest person ever to achieve Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status under the Royal Charter. Across his career he has delivered over £15M in measurable value through AI-driven transformation for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 organisations, including Barclays, Lloyds, Vodafone, AXA XL, the NHS and the UK Home Office.

Saachin is Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Brdge, an award-winning consultancy and venture studio that bridges emerging technology and practical application for startups, scale-ups and SMEs, with a combined venture portfolio worth £55M. He advises CIOs, CAIOs and executive committees on deploying AI at scale, and serves as a board advisor, investor and fractional CTO across ventures including Shyft (NHS workforce tech), Apprentago (AI apprenticeships) and Memory Lane Games (dementia care).

Beyond the boardroom, he sits on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, is an End-Point Assessor for the British Computer Society, and is Vice Chair and Governor at Avanti House Secondary School. He has published peer-reviewed research on machine learning in financial markets and guest lectures on applied data science at the University of East London.
Saachin's talks draw on this dual foundation: the rigour of big consulting combined with the judgement earned from working with founders. He explores what it actually takes to turn AI hype into outcomes that move the needle. His work has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance and The AI Journal.