Steve Rooney, Director of Address Management Unit, Royal Mail

[…] commercialise them. Equally, I think there will still be a major challenge around how to work within GDPR guidelines and to maximise data potential. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? From our perspective, in the AMU we […]

Steve Neat, GM EMEA, Alation

[…] use more data for their survival during the recent pandemic, supply chain and economic challenges. Building a thriving data culture requires investment in people, process, and technology. If the key stakeholders of any organisation don’t see the necessity or value in building a data culture then it rarely takes off without the necessary […]

Simon Quinton, Tableau Uki Country Manager, Salesforce

What key skills or attributes do you consider have contributed to your success in this role? As a leader, I have the privilege of motivating my teams to make data-based decisions that help our customers succeed. This is something I am really passionate about – working together with my teams and customers alike to be […]

Simon James Gratton, Chief Data Officer, Three

[…] has functions that ‘make’ and ‘run’ our data products and a new ‘innovate’ function that supports automation, data democratisation and value generation. These sit centrally within our technology team. In addition, we have skilled data teams (including MSc-based data scientists and data analysts) with other business functions that work with our data operationally […]

Simon Blunn, Vice-President and General Manager EMEA, DataRobot

[…] to automate more quickly, broadly and deeply. It will lead to more complex end-to-end processes and work previously reserved for humans to be automated. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? The biggest opportunity is to use AI […]

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 […]

Sergio Stievano, Chief Data Officer, lastminute.com

[…] ideal line among data engineers and data scientists, but you never know in what pattern. I appreciate that stardardisation can’t be the main focus of a cutting-edge technology, but I guess that such level of confusion acts as a limit to scalability and deeper transformations. Talent and skills are always a challenge to […]

Seema Mandhra, Insights and Analytics Director, Discovery+ EMEA

How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Analytics is of the upmost importance to Discovery+, assisting the business with monitoring the success of our products. Discovery+ provides an online video-on-demand (VoD) direct-to-consumer (DTC) service providing a digital entertainment experience to all customers. Data and analytics is […]

Sandra Stanley, Head of Customer Knowledge UK and Ireland, dunnhumby

[…] why? I am interested to see the evolution of smart homes and how analytics can be used to turn the data from these devices into something that is genuinely helpful to households. It will be interesting how owners will react to the use of data generated in their own home.Data and analytics technology/service provider

Sam Stafford, Chief Digital Officer, LifeSearch

[…] we have created a pilot team to test new data driven approaches and applications. The team is intended to help break down barriers between the data, the technology, and the end user. The team has been established for a few months and we have seen great results, so much so that we are expecting […]

Sachin Rajpal, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, CoreLogic

[…] data definitions, and associated usage rights. We created a marketplace visualization layer, branded as the Data Candy Store, to accelerate data discovery with products, scientists, and technology personas. Any property can be searched, and interactive data layers on the property can be experienced visually with tools, tips, and definitions embedded. We […]

Ruth Spencer, Vice-President Global Insights, Walgreens Boots Alliance

[…] 20 years, it’s always been a challenge to recruit and retain the best talent and I don’t see that situation altering any time soon. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? The biggest opportunities have always been those […]

Ross Simson, Head of Data Factory, Thames Water

[…] are you most optimistic about and why? It’s a great time to be in data. It’s what businesses run on and the pace of change in technology is opening new frontiers every day. Using automation and machine learning, coupled with really insightful analysis based on trusted information, has to be the way forward […]

Roshan Awatar, Data and Analytics Strategy Director, Lloyds Banking Group

[…] a risk perspective. Data governance remains fundamental, but we are seeing the business take increased interest in exploiting the data and wanting to explore how advances in technology can enable or accelerate this. What is your view on how to develop a data culture in an organisation, building out data literacy and creating […]

Rob McGowan, Managing Director, Edit

[…] and entertainment were down, others such as professional services, finance and retail saw increases in demand for our services. We’ve won new clients consistently over the last 12 months, and some of the use cases for our expertise have been quite innovative, for example, using marketing technology to reduce student dropouts at a leading university.

Richard Harte, Director of Data and Analytics, Centaur Media

Path to power Armed with an Operational Research degree and very little clue, I was given an opportunity as an analyst in the Government OR Service. This role provided some fantastic training and the opportunity to learn from some really experienced practitioners.From there, I was fortunate enough to be offered a role as an […]

Remzil Jacob, Chief Data Officer, Barclays

[…] the rest are split across four business groups. Within consumer banking and payments, my team and I work alongside data engineering, data platforms, data privacy and our technology organization to deliver data product and solutions to the businesses we serve. My team is 35 members strong, spread out across the US, UK and India. […]

Ray Eitel-Porter, Managing Director UKI, Accenture Applied Intelligence

Path to power I’ve built my career on a passionate belief in the transformative power of digital technology and, in particular, witnessing the positive impact that data, analytics and AI can have on organisations and our lives. My experience spans working for a management consultancy firm, founding and running a software/internet business, leading […]

Ramneet Julka, Head of Big Data and AI, UK, Vodafone

[…] demand and increased the rigour around data and technical innovation within our organisation. The strategic imperative on data meant that we continued to progress with our key technology programmes in compliance, while increasing the onus to evidence benefits and plan more thoughtfully on investment for the future. During the pandemic, customers’ transactional behaviour […]

Raj Nimmagadda, Global Head R&D Data Office (CDO R&D), Sanofi

How are you developing the data literacy of your organization, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? To enhance data literacy within our organization, we established the R&D Data Café, which serves as a platform for cultivating a data-driven culture and upskilling both data teams and business stakeholders. Our primary […]