Yigit Gungor, Head of Analytics, eBay
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? The pandemic disrupted the entire e-commerce ecosystem; buyers shifted their purchases online, hundreds of thousands of small businesses with no online presence shifted their inventory online for the first time. Supply chain challenges coupled with high demand created scarcity on […]
Elaine Priest, Chief Data Officer, Data Transformation, NatWest
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? Even before the pandemic, the organisation had shifted its focus towards a co-creative and symbiotic relationship with data. As we drive forwards to become the relationship bank for a digital age our focus on data will not relent. The pandemic […]
Issi Saumtally, Chief Data Officer, Cabinet Office
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? The pandemic elevated the role of data both in its importance to deliver the day-to-day and as the glue to enable meaningful change. At the start of the pandemic, we identified gaps in the organisation’s data architecture to support delivery (of […]
Christina Finlay, Director of Data and Analytics, Nest Corporation (Pensions)
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? Cross-organisation collaboration has to be so much more deliberate. The pandemic has meant more proactive outreach for us, making sure that people are building data into their plans. It’s easier for everyone to keep data top of mind when you […]
Gareth Powell, Group Data Officer, Irwin Mitchell
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? I joined Studio Retail during the pandemic. Like many organisations, Studio reflected on the transformative areas that will move the proposition forward and identified data as an area for us to drive the transformation agenda further. To that effect, we […]
David Hutcheson, Head of Data and Analysis, BMJ
What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? 2020 was about weathering the impact of the pandemic organisationally and understandably some of the future aspirations for data were not able to be progressed. Through 2021 the understanding that a strong data capability is needed to underpin the future […]
Andrew Sephton, Head of Information and Data Management, Civil Aviation Authority
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? As the regulator of civil aviation in the UK, we have two primary asset – the subject matter experts we employ and the data those subject matter experts use to make our regulatory decisions. As a result, data […]
Cristina Diofebbo, Director Strategic Insights and Media Pricing, Inventory and Ops, Sky
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Data at Sky is at the heart of strategic and operational decisions and a key asset that enables us to deliver best-in-class value, experience, content and products for our customers. The data eco-system is very broad given the breadth […]
Gill Tomlinson, Director – Data and Analytics, Three UK
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Our organisation makes extensive use of data and analytics. As a telecommunications company with a responsibility to ensure we maintain a stable and high-performant network, we use data and analytics to drive diagnostic analysis of the network and accelerate […]
Laura Parfitt, Lead, Product Analytics and Data Science, Google UK
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Google’s mission is “to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. Data is fundamental to Google products, and often data is the product. Analytics is being used across all areas at Google to improve products […]
Nina Monckton, Head of Data Engineering and Science, Just
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Data is critical for us to integrate our health propositions and services, gain a deeper understanding of customer needs and provide a better quality of care to millions of customers. It is an exciting time to be a data […]
Sid Shah, Head of Analytics and Insight – Data Intelligence, Condé Nast
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Data and analytics are important pillars supporting Condé Nast’s corporate vision and growth initiatives. Condé Nast is a global media company that produces some of the world’s leading print, digital, video and social brands, including Vogue, GQ, The New […]
Andy Day, Chief Data Officer, Pepper Global Financial Services
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Data and analytics is a core pillar of Pepper’s vision. Some 24 months ago, there was a view that data and analytics could help drive further business performance and over the past two years we have proven that to […]
Dan Bates, Head of Data and Analytics, Business, Telefónica O2
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Over the last few years, we have been steadily increasing the areas where centralised trusted data and analytics are used in measuring business performance, up to board-level reporting. This year we are explicitly linking our data and analytics capability […]
Giuseppe Sollazzo, Head of AI Skunkworks and Deployment, NHSx
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? In 2020, I worked for two organisations, the Department for Transport and NHSx, which use data and analytics both in their business-as-usual and in their response to situations of crisis. In late 2019, I announced my intention to work […]
Simon Asplen-Taylor, Data Lead – Future at Lloyd’s, Lloyd’s of London
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? At Lloyd’s of London, we’ve recently published our data-led strategy to build the most advanced insurance marketplace in the world. The plans we set out in Blueprint Two will deliver revolutionary change for the market, ensuring the future of […]
Lisa Allen, Head of Data and Analytical Services, Ordnance Survey
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? The vision of Ordnance Survey (OS) vision is to be recognised as a world leader in geo-spatial services, creating location insight for positive impact. We want to harness the true power of location data, helping people, customers and communities […]
Simon Gratton, Director of Data Products, Royal Mail Group
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Data is a critical element of our historical, current and future success. The postcode, for example, is everywhere, from individual navigation devices, asset sensors through to e-commerce channels and websites. We are scaling our data engineering, data science and […]
Angel Serrano, Head of Data Science, Santander UK
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Our data strategy has been built using the company’s vision and strategy as cornerstone. Therefore, data and analytics activities are fully aligned to our organisational goals and division objectives. Before any initiative is started, it is first linked to […]
Luc Osborne, Senior Vice-President, Performance and Analytics, DAZN
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? DAZN’s vision is to become the world’s number one sports broadcaster by connecting fans to the sports they love, their way. Data is absolutely fundamental to how we are doing this by better understanding the behaviours of sports fans […]