About

From boardroom alignment to hands-on delivery

AFF Data & AI Advisory is led by Alain Floch, Principal Advisor — Data & AI, APAC. He helps clients across Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, ASEAN, ANZ and India) define and execute their Data Platform, AI, Analytics and Cloud strategies. Connect on LinkedIn →

Background

Alain is a Data & AI Advisory leader with 25+ years of experience across Data Platforms, AI/ML, Analytics and Cloud. Based in Hong Kong, he advises clients across APAC — spanning Financial Services, Retail, Telco, Manufacturing and Public Sector — on scalable data architectures, AI, and analytics modernisation.

He began his career in the Hyperion EPM ecosystem in France before relocating to Asia, and went on to spend over 19 years at Oracle in regional leadership roles, directing 50+ Solution Specialists and driving double-digit growth in Data Platform adoption.

He bridges C-suite strategy with hands-on technical delivery to ensure every Data & AI investment translates into measurable business impact.

What sets the practice apart

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Regional depth

Hands-on experience across APAC with the cultural and regulatory nuance that the region engagements demand.

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Strategy to execution

Bridging C-suite strategy with hands-on delivery — from executive advisory and platform strategy through to AI Agent architectures, RAG pipelines, vector databases and LLM integration.

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Vendor-neutral perspective

AI Data Platform

Databricks
Snowflake
Microsoft Fabric
Gemini Enterprise & BigQuery
Oracle AI Data Platform

EPM

Oracle EPM SaaS
NetSuite
Jedox
Anaplan
Evox

So recommendations fit your context, not a vendor's quota.

Focus areas

Executive advisory, Data & AI workshops and technical enablement
Data & AI strategy, from boardroom alignment to execution roadmap
Cloud data platform & vendor selection, adoption and modernisation
AI Data Platform, Data Lakehouse, Analytics and EPM (Enterprise Performance Management)
AI/ML and Generative AI use cases — including AI Agents, RAG pipelines and LLM integration

Industries

Financial Services, Digital Natives, Retail, Telco, Manufacturing and Public Sector

Languages

English and French.

Speaking & thought leadership

Alain is a regular speaker on data, analytics and AI at industry events across Asia, helping enterprise audiences cut through the hype and focus on where these technologies create measurable value. Recent themes include putting machine learning and generative AI to practical use, modern data platform strategy, and AI enablement for finance and business leaders.

“Before we talk about AI…” — CIO Asia panel discussion with Chris Holmes (Editorial Director, Asia) and Dr. Tas Osianlis (Partner, Deloitte Consulting).
Big Data & AI World Asia — conference stage session on data, AI and analytics.
StartUp Hong Kong — roundtable session with founders and technology teams.

Conference speaker on Data, AI, Analytics & Big Data across APAC (including Big Data & AI World Asia)
Executive workshops and briefings for CFOs, finance and technology leaders
Ongoing commentary and insights on Data & AI trends via LinkedIn

Let's talk about your data & AI roadmap

Advisory engagements, workshops, and solution shaping across APAC.

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