Panel: From Agents Writing Code to Agents Ensuring Quality, Where's the Line?
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Anish Behanan is a global technology leader and the Global Head of Testing Services Financial Services at Capgemini, driving multi‑cloud, AI powered quality engineering transformation across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. His leadership helped secure three consecutive European Best Advancing Software Testing Practice awards (2023–2025) and contributed to wider industry recognition, including honours at the TestMu AI Partner Awards 2025. Anish is also a contributor to the World Quality Report, providing insights on sustainable, AI‑powered automation and emerging QE trends. His expertise spans cloud environments, DevTest ecosystems, virtualization, environment management, and enterprise‑scale quality engineering transformation.
“Gomathi Ramalingam has spent over 20 years asking the question that matters most in software: “”How do we know this actually works?”” As Director of Product and Quality Engineering, she leads delivery for blockchain solutions including NFT marketplaces and Digital Product Passports, while driving the adoption of agentic AI and LLMs across products, testing, and workflows. Her career spans financial services, eCommerce, healthcare and retail, from a developer to a BA to a test analyst to directing global cross-functional teams. She believes the best quality engineering starts with the courage to question what everyone else assumes is working. She’s an international speaker and committee member with BCS SIGiST and BCS Cheltenham & Gloucester, and a community voice in Women in Blockchain Talks. Outside of work, you’ll find her running marathons or chasing her next travel adventure.”
“Muthu is an Engineering Manager at Sainsbury’s Tech with a background spanning software engineering, engineering leadership, fintech and large-scale retail technology. She is passionate about building high-performing engineering teams and delivering technology that creates meaningful impact for customers and colleagues.
She has a growing focus on AI and its impact on modern software engineering, particularly how AI and agentic approaches are changing the software development lifecycle. She is interested in how organisations can benefit from AI-assisted development while maintaining engineering quality, appropriate governance, human oversight and trust.
Muthu holds an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and graduated from SLIIT with First Class Honours, receiving the Gold Medal for Outstanding Academic Performance.
Outside her day-to-day role, she is passionate about giving back through mentorship and education and currently supports several student scholarships”