Mustansir Yaqub

Founder & Director

Mustansir founded Meridvane to turn decades of enterprise experience into practical, AI-powered products that help people and businesses make better decisions, faster.

He brings 25+ years in enterprise technology and 16+ years of regional leadership across Australia, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Over his career he has closed US$830M+ in complex transformation, modernisation and managed services deals across 70+ countries, and has advised C-suite leaders on agentic AI, cloud, cyber resilience and market entry. His work has been recognised with IBM’s highest individual sales honour, the Best of IBM award.

At Meridvane, he designs and builds products hands-on on the latest AI models:

• EmergingMarketIQ: market intelligence that ranks emerging markets for fit, risk and cost in about a minute.
• UniPath Australia: AI guidance that helps international students find their way into Australian universities.

Mustansir holds a Master’s in Computer Networks & Security from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université) in Paris, and is based in Melbourne.