Barry Panayi, Chief Data Officer, Lloyds Banking Group

Path to power I started my career being a data analyst and writing code and built on those skills as I moved around various companies. My experiences at EY opened my eyes to the massive opportunity in all areas of all businesses of using data and, by that stage, I well and truly had […]

Ángel Serrano, Head of Data Science, Santander UK

[…] organisations. I would also expect this to be the year when customers start to feel the advantages of machine learning in a larger scale. Data and technology are changing business, the economy and society – what do you see as the biggest opportunity emerging from this? The biggest opportunities are cost reduction though […]

Andy Gregory, Deputy Director, Data Services and Analytics, UK Home Office

What impact has the pandemic had on the role of data in your company/organisation? Data has been at the centre of Home Office activities, across Intelligence, policy, reporting, security and automation initiatives, for some time. The pandemic’s principal impact was around immediacy of data, both in terms of new data being ingested, integrated and made […]

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 […]

Andy Rowe, Head of Marketing Sciences, Code

[…] the greatest data eco-systems in the world and build the best machine learning models, but unless companies have the right data-driven vision and the people, processes and technology to deliver that vision, then it’s all worthless. Learning how to implement organisational change is one of the biggest assets I have and ensures that the […]

Andrew Lynn, Head of Data, Unicef UK

How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Data and analytics underpin each of our strategic goals – we can only continue to build and grow through the use of data and the provision of insight through robust analysis. Perhaps the area where data and analytics is most […]

Alan Grogan, Global Lead For Intelligent Data Platforms, Avanade

[…] can, for some, be a real challenge because of the organisational agenda to enable AI for quick productivity gains or competitive advantage. Generative AI, as with all technology investments, will only bring value if you truly understand why you are using it and how important it is to be built on a solid data […]

DataIQ Awards 2020 winner – The Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr Sachiko Scheuing

[…] and now serving her third term. Her mission in leading FEDMA has been to focus its advocacy onto responsible data use. At Acxiom, which uses data and technology to understand and engage customers, her role is to ensure it does so responsibly, as well as to discuss the right approach with clients. This includes […]

DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Persuading with data: JLR

Data was needed to persuade business decision makers to take new courses of action and investigate new avenues of business, which is exactly what the data team at JLR achieved with their Recommended Order Bank (ROB) system.

DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – New talent or data apprentice (Client-side): Yusuf Mumtaz

[…] number of early careers event such as representing JLR at career shows, podcast interviews and an invitation to speak about apprenticeships at an external event with Ofqual. Yusuf has continually shared his knowledge and passion about careers in data and technology and has been a core part of JLR’s development and new era of talent.

DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – New Talent: Eleni Kotzampasaki, Aquila Insight

[…] the stategy. Scenario planning was applied on top to optimise distribution as the parameters of the models were tuned. This involved a combination of strategic data and technology. She also led the strategic customer segmentation analysis, translating the outputs from complex customer analysis for senior stakeholders, becoming a trusted advisor to the client while […]

DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – Most innovative data management solution: TEPUK and Merkle Aquila

[…] the Total Group to deploy an integrated data platform in this way which was built by Merkle Aquila within a nine-month timescale. The project needed to identify a technology stack that would be capable of being deployed within the agency’s environment and then transferred to the client. A cloud-based solution in Azure was adopted creating […]

DataIQ Awards 2020 winner – Most effective stakeholder engagement: Vodafone Covid-19 big data and AI response tool

[…] and outside of our business. We have a unique capability, both as Europe’s largest mobile network, but also because of work that the team has also done supporting epidemiological modelling for malaria in Africa. The team is a great example of Vodafone’s purpose to use our technology to help communities connect for a better future.”

DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – Lifetime Achievement Award: Rosemary Smith

[…] she rose to the role of managing director in 1992. She has described this as the “science fiction phase” of her career, learning the new language of technology and the explosive growth of DM in the years when direct mail volumes topped 2 billion items in the UK. As Rosemary recalled in an interview […]

DataIQ Awards 2022 winner – Data champion (Data titan): Rebecca Vickery, EDF

[…] 50% and reduced the cost of training, making it more accessible for potential users. As a diversity champion, she founded an internal Women in data and technology network that increases the representation of women in both roles within EDF and the wider community. She works closely with universities and schools to develop talent […]

DataIQ Awards 2020 winner – Data and analytics team of the year (client): Riviera Travel insight team

[…] example, as well as a product association model showing previously unknown links that are now driving product and marketing development. There has been no major investment into technology – SQL and R are the main analytical tools used – and recruitment has been mostly from internal candidates, with 75% drawn from the reservations department. […]

DataIQ Awards 2020 winner – Data and analytics leader of the year (enabler): Alan Grogan, Avanade and Accenture

[…] Cancer Support, Oxfam and Stop The Traffik. He sits on Microsoft’s board for Tech of Social Good, an endeavour that lobbies and supports the use of advanced technology for positive social outcomes. He has also advised universities on the development of their data and analytics courses for undergraduates. Over the last 12 months, he […]

DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Data and analytics leader of the year: Helen Mannion

Helen Mannion leads Specsavers’ data transformation programme and has been instrumental in providing assistance to more than 38 million customers across 11 countries to receive the sight and hearing care they require.

DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best development programme: Royal Mail Group Technology

An example of the pioneering approach being used was the 2018 hackathon run with charity partner, Missing People. By involving candidates in a technical data challenge around alive problem, the GBI team was able to see how they worked with the team – eight new analysts were recruited as a consequence. A data science foundations […]

DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data story or data visualisation: Operational Support Team, 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)

[…] commanders with troops on the ground to provide new ways of support through analysing congestion times, iterative routes, complex river systems and more. Prior to this new technology, these had only been possible to analyse through paper-based maps and manual capabilities which proved time-consuming and often inaccurate. Now, users of OST solutions are presented […]