UK & Ireland CDO Community

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDOs today.

Embedding D&A in business strategy and results
Reengineering decision-making across the business
Scaling a data-first culture

UK & Ireland CDO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the UK & Ireland CDO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.

Co-Chairs

Sanjeevan Bala

ITV
Group Chief Data & AI Officer

Anita Fernqvist

Zurich Insurance Company UK
Chief Data Officer & Director of Operations

Richard Gregory

BP
Chief Data Officer, Global Business Services

Ruben Lara

Tesco Plc
Data & Analytics Director

Di Mayze

WPP
Global Head of Data & AI

Elaine Priest

NatWest Group
Chief Data Officer

Niresh Rajah

Grant Thornton UK LLP
Head of Data & Regulatory Change Practice, Financial Services Group

Members

Amitabh Apte

Mars
Global Director - Digital, Data & Analytics Solutions

Clive Benford

Jaguar Land Rover
Head of Corporate Analytics Programme

Andy Brown

M&G Plc
Chief Data Officer

Debal Chakraborty

British American Tobacco
Global Head of Analytics, BI & Data

Julian Cherryman

Intertek
Head of Data & Insight Applications

Catherine Clark

Royal Dutch Shell
IT Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Papinder Dosanjh

ASOS.com
Head of Data Science & Machine Learning

Peter Eckley

Bank of England
Head of Data Strategy

Matt Edwards

Anglian Water Services
Chief Data Officer

Kevin Fletcher

HMRC
Chief Data Officer

Lee Fulmer

UBS Inc.
Global Head of Innovation, Chief Data Officer

Daniel Gilbert

News UK
Director of Data

Lee Grimes

Brambles
Global Data Analytics Strategy Lead

Julian Highley

Clarks
Data, Business Intelligence and Data Science Director

Martin Houghton

Serco
Group Chief Data Officer

Jon Hussey

Barclays
Chief Data Officer, Cards & Payments

Natalie Jakomis

Coats
Global Director of Data Science and Analytics

Vlad Kaltenieks

William Hill Plc
Global Director of Data & Analytics

Daragh Kelly

Burberry
VP, Data & Analytics

Kshitij Kumar

Farfetch
Chief Data Officer

Jose Loureda

CWT
Vice President & Global Head Of Data Science & Analytics

Orlando Machado

LEGO
Chief Data Officer, VP Data Science & Data Platforms

David Masters

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
Chief Data Officer

Mridul Mathur

Dyson
Chief Data Officer

Neil McIvor

Department for Education
Chief Data Officer

Rob McKendrick

Co-op
Head of Data

Nina Monckton

AXA Health
Head of Data Strategy, Advancing Analytics & Data Science

Wade Munsie

GSK Consumer Healthcare
Global Chief Data Officer (Consumer Health)

Cornelia Schaurecker

Vodafone
Group Director Big Data and AI

Dan Senter

National Grid
Head of Global Data Governance

Sid Shah

Conde Nast Publications
Global Head of Analytics & Insight

Eddie Short

Telefonica UK
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Ross Simson

CDP
Global Chief Data Officer

Simon Stearn

Avon
Executive Director, Global Big Data and Digital Experience Analytics

Lauren Walker

Dentsu Aegis Network EMEA
Global COO & Head of Digital Transformation

Pete Williams

Penguin Random House
Director of Data and Online

Steve Wright

Willis Towers Watson
Chief Data Officer & Global Head of Change for Operations

“I especially appreciate the chance to interact with peers from other companies and industries to share the woes and triumphs of data management.”

RENE KIM, SVP, GLOBAL DATA OFFICER
CHARLES SCHWAB

Upcoming Events

In-person Programs

July 2021

UK & Ireland CDO Inner Circle

An evening with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

15 September 2021

UK & Ireland CDO Executive Summit

Royal Lancaster London

Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.

Virtual Programs

29 April 2021

UK & Ireland CDO Virtual Town Hall

Data Science at Scale: How to industrialise Data Science to fuel recurring economic benefit

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

Learn More

PAST PROGRAMS

Content from your CDO peers

PODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021

The Next Big Question, Episode 14

In this episode, we ask CIO Rob Zelinka of Jack Henry & Associates why change management is so hard for large organizations. We discuss change fatigue and the unrelenting pace of change, and Rob shares how communication and transparency can help business leaders crack the change management code.

LISTEN NOW

PEER PRACTICES | APRIL 1, 2021

Accumulating Value on the Road to Data Literacy

When it comes to advancing data goals, Pat Brickson of Digi-Key knows that every interaction is an opportunity to move things forward. Brickson shares how to make progress on data literacy at your organization.

READ ARTICLE

PODCAST | MARCH 22, 2021

The Next Big Question, Episode 13

In this episode, Anne Marie Richard and James Dudek of UC Berkeley share a case study of a long-term IT transformation. They discuss how they brought together loosely organized teams, navigated a staff reduction and maintained an intentional focus on the humanity of their workforce.