Kyle Winterbottom, founder/CEO, Orbition Group

What has been your path to power?

I’ve worked in the data and analytics talent solutions space for over 10 years, where I’ve been responsible for building and scaling data and analytics capabilities for organisations of all shapes and sizes. From FTSE 100 to VC-backed start-up/scale-ups, and everything in between by providing tailored talent solutions to the specific needs of an organisation.

In 2018, I made the conscious effort to give back to the global data and analytics community which started with creating one of the first data and analytics thought-leadership roundtable event series, now known as Driven by Data: The Roundtable which we still host today across various parts of the world, every quarter. I also host Driven by Data: The Podcast which has become one of the fastest-growing data and analytics thought-leadership podcasts on the globe with more than 9,000 listeners in over 100 different countries around the world.

This year we launched Driven by Data: The Mentorship, a scheme designed to develop, upskill and progress the next generation of leaders in the data analytics industry by giving them access to a pool of mentors made up of some of the most high-profile and respected thought-leaders in the global data and analytics space, including business leaders, published authors and keynote speakers.

I also do a lot of public speaking at universities to raise the profile of data and analytics as a potential career, while also giving these universities access to my network to provide work placement opportunities.