At Aidrivers, our mission is accelerating autonomous technology to meet the needs of industry for optimisation, resiliency and safety for a sustainable future.
Our Story
At Aidrivers, AI-enabled autonomy for industrial mobility automation has been our focus. We develop AI-enabled autonomous mobility solutions tailored to meet the needs of industrial operations, particularly in the ports and logistics sector.
Founded by Dr Rafiq Swash and powered by a team of seasoned professionals and scientists who work together to deliver autonomous mobility automation for demanding industrial applications, UK-based Aidrivers has a presence in the UK (London) with subsidiaries across the world and works collaboratively with leading strategic partners.
Our bespoke autonomous mobility paired with predictive analytics capability is pushing the frontiers for efficient and effective operations with safety across industrial applications.
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Aidrivers Leadership & Management Team
Dr. Rafiq Swash CEO

Rafiq Swash

Founder & CEO

Dr. Rafiq Swash is a seasoned professional with a decade of experience in international technology-driven industries, academia and world-class research centres.
*Team members are arranged in alphabetical order.
  • Andreas Hansson
    Andreas Hansson
    Board Member
    Andreas was Managing Director of SoftBank Group. He currently is also an advisor to Axelera AI, a partner in 2^Q Ventures, Kigen and AutoStore, and Chairperson at Kahoot!
  • Imran Khatri
    Imran Khatri
    Board Member (Observer)
    Imran is a proactive and influential professional Consultant with proven delivery expertise and experience possessing detailed SME knowledge of Retail & Investment operations
  • Jay Allardyce
    Jay Allardyce
    Board Advisor
    Jay is a founding board member of Generative AI. Before he was Google’s Managing Director, Strategic Business Development, as well as Chief Product and Marketing Officer at GE.
  • Jonathan Lee
    Jonathan Lee
    Board Member (Observer)
    Jonathan is currently PSA Corporation’s Assistant Vice President of Smart System Solutions, Singapore. He was also Assistant Vice President at Pasir Panjang Terminal Engineering.
  • Kas Sheikh
    Kas Sheikh
    Board Advisor
    Kas has worked in business and technology for more than 40 years. He previously held senior positions at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, UBS and Deutsche Bank
  • Kelvin Zhou
    Kelvin Zhou
    Chief Business Development Officer
    Having worked at various locations for PSA, Royal Haskoning DHV and Kalmar, Kelvin has built a solid network globally in the supply chain industry. He has also led and set up the seaports automation department at ST Engineering.
  • Leo Kirby
    Leo Kirby
    Board Advisor
    Leo has spent over 20-years in the energy sector witha focus on investing, financing and managing energy infrastructure across APACand Europe.
  • Mohib Wallizada
    Mohib Wallizada
    Chief Technology Officer
    Mohib previously worked at BAE Systems and for IBM. His areas of expertise include mapping and localisation, autonomous navigation, sensor fusion and robotics integration.
  • Mrugank Inamdar
    Mrugank Inamdar
    Chief Financial Officer
    Mrugank has 20 years experience in business development and financing with a focus on commercialisation, financing and investment.
  • Ooi Boon Hoe
    Ooi Boon Hoe
    Board Advisor
    Following his stint in the Republic of Singapore Navy, Boon Hoe’s career has spanned more than 20 years in the port business with a short but meaningful stint in corporate finance.
  • Phyllis Han
    Phyllis Han
    Global Head of Business
    Phyllis worked at Haines Watts, SRLV, and E&Y as a chartered accountant and advisor making meaningful contributions to the overall vision of these organisations.
  • Sadaf Ghani
    Sadaf Ghani
    Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
    Sadaf previously held marketing, PR and business development roles in diverse sectors, including at Europcar and at World Duty Free (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports).
  • Tok Soon Chong
    Tok Soon Chong
    Board Member & Managing Director
    Soon Chong has worked 20 years at Portek International Pte Ltd as Executive Director and Chief Technical Officer of and CEO of Portek Systems & Equipment Pte Ltd.
  • Tom Saunders
    Tom Saunders
    Investment Director
    Tom worked at Investec, JP Morgan, Canaccord and Liberum. More recently, Tom moved across to industry to work for the UK’s leading space technology company Reaction Engines.
  • Wenbing Yao
    Wenbing Yao
    Board Advisor
    Wenbing worked at Huawei from 2008. Her roles included Director of Strategy and Marketing, Cyber Security Officer and VF Global Account for the Huawei Vodafone Global Account.
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Our vision is delivering zero waste and zero downtime across industry.
Brand Values

Quality

Excellence prevails in the #quality solutions we offer

Community

We have a shared responsibility (#community) and everyone contributes to our success.

Sustainability

Sustainable development is crucially important to securing our future (#sustainability).

Change

Knowledge is our power, together we drive meaningful #change.
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Clarity

Openness and #clarity of purpose are key to how we communicate.

Success

People are the integral part of our #success.

Empower

We encourage and #empower everyone to achieve individual and collective goals.

Ideas

A general spirit (#idea) of discovery is fostered in all aspects of our work.

Integrity

We act with #integrity, treat each other with dignity and respect.
Our Goals
  • To provide autonomous mobility solutions which meet the industry automation needed today for tomorrow’s sustainability.
  • To significantly augment the user experience in integration and deployment of AI-enabled autonomous mobility solutions.
  • To provide self-aware systems which deliver optimisation to reduce energy waste and increase efficiency.