Deloitte Launches its Asia Pacific Agentic AI Centre of Excellence to Accelerate Scalable, Trusted AI Transformation
SINGAPORE, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte has launched its Asia Pacific (AP) Agentic AI Centre of Excellence (CoE), a major investment to help organisations across the region harness agentic AI at scale. The CoE brings together over 120 AI specialists from Asia Pacific and more than 6,000 practitioners across the region already supporting a pipeline of AI implementations valued at over US$1 billion. Closely aligned with Deloitte's Global Agentic Network—which connects delivery centres across North America, Asia Pacific, and EMEA—the CoE leverages Deloitte's alliances and platforms to help clients design, build, and deploy digital workforces at scale.
Why Agentic AI Matters for Business
Agentic AI marks a step-change in artificial intelligence, enabling AI agents to act independently, orchestrate workflows autonomously, and learn and adapt over time. For businesses, this means:
"At the heart of the AP Agentic AI Centre of Excellence is the belief that industry knowledge must lead technology and not the other way around. What we have prioritised is the pairing of our deep sector understanding with advanced engineering to help clients move beyond experimentation to scale," said Chris Lewin, Deloitte Asia Pacific's AI Leader.
What Deloitte's Asia Pacific Agentic AI Centre of Excellence Offers
Deloitte's AP Agentic AI CoE combines deep sector expertise with advanced technology, enabling clients to:
The AP Agentic AI CoE demonstrates Deloitte's commitment to pairing industry knowledge with advanced engineering, anchored by 180 years of global business expertise, moving clients beyond experimentation to achieve scale.
"We are on a path to becoming an AI-fueled organisation, embedding AI into our work and the services we offer," added Rob Hillard, Deloitte Asia Pacific Consulting Businesses Leader. "Our Global Agentic Network and the Asia Pacific Agentic AI Centre of Excellence are critical parts of this journey that is ultimately transforming our business, enabling us to scale our experience and build credibility as we assist clients with their own transformational journeys with speed, precision and creativity."
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Kashish Sakhrani
Media Manager, Deloitte Asia Pacific
Tel: +852 2852 1600
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Email: ksakhrani@deloitte.com
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