Gavin Goodland, chief data officer, National Grid

What stage has your organisation reached on its data maturity journey? 

Like many asset-intensive businesses, National Grid has seen a rapid progression with its digital data maturity and wants to be on the frontier of performance with data. Each of our business units across the US and UK have very active data agendas in their own right, building and operating the appropriate arrangements for efficiency in their respective environments. Now recognising the need for a view of data capability across the entire organisation, the global chief data office has recently been created, under my leadership. 

Tell us about the data and analytics resources you are responsible for

At present, I directly manage a team within our IT and digital organisation, with global responsibilities for data and analytics strategy, data architecture, governance and capability. Our team is located across both the UK and the US, and forms part of a wider ecosystem of data and analytics professionals. Our purpose is to inspire the organisation with the art of the possible, and to support our businesses in delivering value through advancing our collective data and analytical capabilities.