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Craig Suckling, Chief AI Officer, Europe, Capgemini

Craig Suckling is Chief AI Officer for Europe at Capgemini, bringing more than 25 years’ experience across data, AI, and technology leadership. His career spans senior roles as a Chief Data Officer in both the private and public sectors, building and scaling start-ups and hyperscalers, working as a management consultant, serving on advisory boards, and now leading […]

Kayur Rughani, Managing Director, Accenture UKI

Kayur Rughani is Managing Director at Accenture UKI, with over 20 years’ experience working at the intersection of people, process and technology. Throughout his career, he has embodied Accenture’s role as an integrator, helping organisations bring together strategy, operations and technology to deliver meaningful and lasting change. Kayur has built a reputation for forming long-term, trusted relationships with senior clients, grounded […]

Kshitij Jain, Senior Vice President, Analytics and AI Services, EXL

[…] advanced, agentic AI frameworks. He is known for helping clients navigate the trade-offs between innovation, cost, and risk, particularly in highly regulated environments. Kshitij’s leadership philosophy centres on demystifying technology and grounding data and AI initiatives in clear commercial objectives. He believes effective data leadership is not about the sophistication of tools, but about connecting analytics and AI […]

Laia Collazos, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

[…] a better workplace for CCEP’s people. Laia joined CCEP as Chief Information Officer for Great Britain and later Northern Europe, overseeing the effective deployment of data and technology across the business. As a member of the Business Unit leadership team, she gained first-hand exposure to operational decision-making within a complex consumer goods environment, experience […]

Di Mayze, Chief Data and AI Officer, Marks & Spencer

[…] it, and when to trust it over instinct. She was headhunted by WPP, where she spent a decade in senior leadership roles. She initially ran a marketing technology consultancy acquired by the group, before becoming Global Head of Data and AI, responsible for data and AI strategy across one of the world’s largest marketing […]

Al Mathie, Chief Data Officer, NFU Mutual

Al Mathie is Chief Data Officer at NFU Mutual, where he leads the organisation’s data and technology agenda with a focus on strategy, transformation and measurable business impact. He has spent most of his career in the insurance sector, working both within insurers and in consulting roles providing advisory and delivery capabilities. Throughout this time, Al’s […]

Kabelo Makwane, Country Director, Google

[…] Africa, where he leads strategy, operations, and partnerships that advance digital transformation, innovation, and inclusive growth across the country. With a strong background in business strategy and technology leadership, Kabelo focuses on helping organisations harness the power of AI, data, and cloud technologies to create meaningful impact for consumers, enterprises, and government. Before joining […]

Vukosi Sambo, Group CIO and CDO, PHA, STM Healthcare & Marara Group

Vukosi Sambo is a global, multi-award-winning executive and thought leader specialising in Artificial Intelligence, Data Management, and Technology Management. With over 16 years of experience, he has led the implementation of technology and data strategies that deliver measurable return on investment from information assets, driving both digital and business transformation outcomes. He currently serves […]

Brett McDougall, Chief Information Officer, The SPAR Group Limited

Brett McDougall qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003 but chose not to practise in the field, instead pivoting to technology strategy and governance the following year. Since then, he has held a series of senior roles in information technology, combining financial discipline with strategic and operational leadership in large, complex organisations. Most recently, […]
Stop Explaining Agentic AI — Start Implementing It

Stop Explaining Agentic AI — Start Implementing It

[…] Work, agrees: “The moment for theory has passed. We’re seeing clients re-architect their businesses around agentic systems—and the gains are material. If you’re still waiting for the technology to mature, you’re already behind.” From Concept to Commercial Impact Agentic AI may still be an emerging category, but its core traits—autonomy, goal-directed behaviour, and […]

Ashish Verma, US Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Deloitte

[…] market dynamics, and delivering IT-enabled business transformations. With 28 years of consulting expertise, including 20 at Deloitte, I have experience as a leading AI and data technology strategist. I have worked with telecoms, media, technology, financial services, consumer and industrial products, automotive, transportation, hospitality, energy, health care and life services clients in the […]

Scott Richardson, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, First Citizens Bank

[…] architecture, and data products. Previously, I served as CIO of Enterprise Data, Analytics, and AI for Ally Financial where I was responsible for data and analytical engineering, technology platforms, enterprise analytics, AI, and data governance. I have also served as Chief Data Officer at Fannie Mae, leading data strategy, data governance, data management, data engineering, […]

Build and future-proof your skills with DataIQ Leaders

If data and technology are creating what has been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution, then data and analytics functions (D&A) find themselves right at the heart of this transformation. This article maps the skills you need now and in 2020 against the DataIQ Leaders programme to help you find the resources to equip yourself.
Megan Reutin

Megan Reutin, Global Head of Data Science and Strategy, Grünenthal

I began my career as a software engineer, blending customer experience with digital and web technologies and I now have over 20 years of technology-related experience. I joined Accenture as a Digital Consultant within their Technology Labs where I discovered an insatiable passion for bleeding-edge technologies and rapidly upskilled in various capabilities, developing groundbreaking […]
Randy Bean, Knowledge Expert and Business Advisor for North America, DataIQ.

2025 AI and data leadership – Executive benchmark survey leadership, transformation, and innovation in an AI future

[…] AI, foreseeing significant opportunity for productivity and efficiency gains. Some firms are looking at AI as a growth engine. Most executives view AI as the most transformational technology in a generation, with the potential benefits clearly outweighing the potential risks. Participation The 2025 survey is characterized by the largest and most diverse participation […]

2024 DataIQ Awards – Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Lee Fulmer

[…] you use the internet, then the person in the background who was delivering these was Lee.” As a design researcher and lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology in the 1990s, Fulmer transformed the architectural design process by viewing data visually in three dimensions. As an Internet Engineering Task Force contributor, he helped develop […]
AI Awards 2024 - AI for Good Champion – Seth Dobrin

AI Awards 2024 – AI for Good Champion: Seth Dobrin, Qantm AI

[…] unwavering commitment to harnessing AI’s potential for societal benefit.” – Judges’ comment. Dr Dobrin has taken a resolute stance against technological colonialism (the trend of dominant global technology companies exerting significant control over the cultural, economic, and political domains of less powerful groups), advocating for a more equitable and inclusive technological landscape, which needs […]

“No ivory towers” found on OS map for data knowledge sharing

[…] is also related to interfacing with the senior directors of the company as well as planning, controlling and managing multiple projects. The second is about integration with technology. As data requires its own technical builds and tooling, it is important to think about how to integrate with the technology function that existed in the […]