UK & Ireland CDAO Community
Executive Summit
15 October 2026 | Convene at 155 Bishopsgate
15 October 2026
Convene at 155 Bishopsgate
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with UK & Ireland's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Build Trust in the CDAO Role by Executing Strategy and Managing Governance
Develop People Strategies to Encourage AI and Data Adoption, Skills and Talent.
Move Beyond AI Pilots to Unlock Value
UK & Ireland CDAO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CDAOs, For CDAOs™.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Murtz Daud
British Gas
Director of Data & AI
Christine Kemp
Jaguar Land Rover
Chief Data and AI Officer
Niresh Rajah
DLA Piper
Chief Data & AI Officer
Miryem Salah
Vodafone Group
Head of Data, Digital, Transformation & IT Hubs
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CDAO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your UK & Ireland CDAO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Agenda
Coming Soon
The CDAO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CDAOs, For CDAOs™, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.
Build Trust in the CDAO Role by Executing Strategy and Managing Governance
Many organisations still lack clarity and confidence in the role of the CDAO, making it easy to become slowed down by various ownership and governance debates with no conclusion. CDAOs have to be unrelenting in their goals, communicating the why and how behind strategy and governance as they go.
Develop People Strategies to Encourage AI and Data Adoption, Skills and Talent
CDAOs must not miss out on the human element of strategies. In order for data and AI initiatives to truly become organisation-wide, CDAOs have to develop people strategies for the parts of the workforce that are not moving at pace.
Move Beyond AI Pilots to Unlock Value
To be the pillar of transformation many future thinking CDAOs are aiming to be, AI pilots with simplistic goals and ROI metrics cannot be the primary focus. Data leaders must access leadership buy-in to broader data and AI initiatives that will be truly transformational, whilst assuaging doubts, managing regulatory change, and defining new metrics for success.
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the UK & Ireland CDAO Community Executive Summit.
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Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Convene at 155 BishopsgatePublic Transport & Parking
By Underground:
Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth, Hammersmith & City or Metropolitan Line)
For exits from all underground lines follow signs for Liverpool Street mainline station. Once on the main concourse of the mainline station, look for signs for Way Out 1 (Bishopsgate West) located next to platform 14. Take the escalator or stairs up to street level where you will see a Police Station on the opposite side of the road. Turn left and follow Bishopsgate past the entrance to 135 Bishopsgate. Turn left up the external arcade stairs. Enter 155 Bishopsgate, once inside take the escalator on your left up to the first floor. At the top of the escalator turn right and enter the gold double doors into the 155 Bishopsgate 1st floor registration.
By Train:
Liverpool Street Station
Follow directions for Underground from the main concourse.
By Bus:
155 Bishopsgate is served by many bus routes including 388, 242, 149, 135, 78, 48, 47, 42, 35, 26 and 8.
Parking:
There is an NCP car park at Finsbury Square (EC2A 1AD).
Hotels Nearby
45 Curtain Rd
Shoreditch
London EC2A 3PT
0.4 Miles
12-20 Osborn Street
London E1 6TE
0.6 Miles
Andaz, London Liverpool Street
40 Liverpool St
London EC2M 7QN
0.1 Miles
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