Anwar Mirza, data strategy and governance, FedEx Express EU

What has been your path to power?

A quest for knowledge inevitably leads to experiences with colleagues where mutual trust is the foundation for great outcomes. Building those relationships has been a critical component in my career where those mentors, colleagues, friends and students have been present throughout.

My career has morphed over the years from financial analysis, auditing and cash management onto systems development, application integration and back office systems transformation onto data strategy, data governance, data literacy and data management .

In the background, 15 years as a regular public speaker has allowed me to innovate with other thought leaders and like-minded individuals. Together with other organisations and at an individual level, I have led/learnt/helped in developing methodologies and cross-industry best practice with chief data officers and data management professionals.

In parallel, I have taken great pride and pleasure in lecturing for a decade to final year university students. This ensures we nurture and develop the right skills in future generations which is essential to all organisations in our economy. Practical experience by leading within my organisation, collaborating with experts across industry and supporting the next generation has given me balanced perspective and skills that are warmly welcomed by many individuals, groups and organisations.