Hi, I am Meg

Strategic Advisor: AI, Data & Business Transformation

Helping organizations adopt, build, and unlock value from AI and data.

Meghana Patakota
London
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About Me

I'm passionate about bridging the gap between technical possibility and business value. With experience spanning consulting, AI research, and enterprise transformation, I help organizations navigate data strategy, AI adoption, and process automation.

From leading data analytics at a top-tier law firm for over three years, to working on the core analytics team at Big Tech, advising on AI-powered research tools at the no.1 university in the world, and delivering automation solutions in the sustainability industry, I bring both strategic vision and hands-on technical expertise to every engagement.

5+

Years Experience

6

Organizations

4

Academic Degrees

Experience & Expertise Built At

Honed skills and delivered impact at world-class organisations

ERM University of Oxford Mishcon de Reya Google DeepMind Marsh ERM University of Oxford Mishcon de Reya Google DeepMind Marsh

Academic Background

University College London

MSc Business Analytics · 2021

University of Bristol

MSc Accounting & Finance · 2020

University at Buffalo

BSc Business Admin & BA Intl Trade · 2019

Advisory Focus

Areas of expertise honed across consulting, research, and enterprise environments

AI & Data Strategy

Building actionable roadmaps for AI adoption and aligning data initiatives with business goals.

  • AI readiness assessment
  • Use case prioritization
  • Build vs buy vs configure analysis

Process Automation

Designing intelligent workflow solutions that reduce manual effort and improve efficiency.

  • Workflow optimization
  • AI-powered automation
  • Data pipeline development

Education Advisory

Supporting universities in analytics programme design and technical teaching.

  • Curriculum consulting
  • Guest lectures & workshops
  • Student mentorship

Transformation

Guiding organizations through data and tech transformations with adoption strategies.

  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Change management
  • Adoption & enablement

Featured Projects

Key projects showcasing technical expertise and business impact

Advisory Bath Spa University

External Industry Advisor — New BSc Programme

Appointed as External Advisor to Bath Spa University's Bath Business School, providing industry feedback on the new BSc Business Analytics programme curriculum.

Project details
Programme curriculum review & industry alignment
Bridging academic theory with real-world analytics practice
Advisory on data engineering, AI & business intelligence skills
Business Analytics Curriculum Design Higher Education

CLARA: Corporate Litigation Research Assistant

An advanced AI research agent powered by LLMs and hybrid GraphRAG technology, transforming how researchers access and analyze 1.2M+ pages of litigation-relevant archival documents.

Project details
End-to-end AWS deployment (ECS, ECR, Lambda, DynamoDB)
Automated CI/CD pipeline with Docker & GitHub Actions
Advanced data pipeline: OCR, entity extraction, embeddings
AWS Docker GraphRAG LLMs Python
Enterprise MDR

Microsoft Analytics Platform Migration

Led enterprise-wide migration from legacy SSRS to Power BI at a leading international law firm, establishing data democratization and self-serve analytics across all business functions.

Project details
70% reduction in report redundancy
20% of business ops teams enabled for self-serve
Cross-department data integration (HR, Finance, Legal)
Power BI Azure Synapse SQL Server ETL/ELT Data Governance
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Testimonials

What colleagues and collaborators have to say

"It's been a privilege to see Meg's skills evolve over the last 5 years, as she moved from student to practitioner. Data Scientist, AI Researcher are worthy titles but putting aside her leading edge skills, her strength as a highly motivated, 'people centred' collaborator enables her to bring real value to any organisation, team or individual that she works with. I can't recommend her highly enough to any future collaborators."
UCL

Ex Programme Director

MSc Business Analytics, UCL School of Management

"I highly recommend working with Meghana. Meg has worked with the multidisciplinary research group I lead at Oxford, the Climate Litigation Lab at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, for multiple years, and her contributions have been stellar. She is a great team member, personable and professional, brings impressive technical skills, acquires new skills quickly, and brings strategic leadership and direction to projects. Thank you Meg!"
Oxford

Associate Professor

Climate Litigation Lab, Oxford

"Meg was a key part of the data team at Mishcon de Reya, and one of the strongest data scientists in the Firm. She is exceptional at solving problems and turning ideas into clear, measurable outcomes. Meg has a great mix of technical and business insight; she understands how a law firm works, and how to use AI and analytics to drive business value through data products. Her Power BI, Python data query and data manipulation skills are excellent and she helped bring on junior data scientists and reporting analysis. Meg has a great mix of data, business and people skills. Exactly what you want in a data team."
Mishcon de Reya

Head of Data

Mishcon de Reya

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