Meet our team
We bring together a team of former Fortune 500 and Global CDOs, CISOs, and transformation leaders to deliver practical, board-level advisory.
Arun Cowan | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Previous roles include:
Founder & CEO | Bridgewater Partners
Board Member | Manchester Tech Festival
Member of the Board of Advisors | WhyNotI
Jodi Morton | Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Data and Operations
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer | KPMG US
Chief Data Officer | Freddie Mac
Chief Financial Officer | Freddie Mac
Ron Thompson | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer | NASA
CIO | US Department of Agriculture
Deputy CIO | US Dept. Veteran Affairs
Sham Kashikar | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Global Head of Data & Analytics | Meta
GTM, Analytics | DataStax
Chief Data Officer | Intel Corportation
Orlando Machado | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer | LEGO Group
Group Chief Data Scientist | Aviva
Chief Data Scientist | Money Supermarket
Kerem Tomak | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Global Chief Data, Analytics & AI Officer | Decathlon
Global Chief Analytics Officer | ING
Head of Advanced Attribution and Omnichannel Ad Formats | Google
David Lindop | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Global Chief Data Officer for Consulting | EY
Global Data Fabric Leader | EY
Data & Analytics Leader for UK Financial Services | EY
Juan Gorricho | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Head, Executive Product Owner & Data Strategy | TD Bank
VP, Global Data Platforms & Governance | Visa
Chief Data Officer, Partners Federal Credit Union | The Walt Disney Company
Jenn Mezzio | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Global Data Officer | First Citizens Bank
Global Data Officer - HR, Cyber Security & Legal | Silicon Valley Bank
Director, Data Strategy & HRIS Portfolio | Silicon Valley Bank
Matt Small | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer - Lubricants Business | bp
Global Finance Transformation Manager | bp
Lubricants Europe & Africa Regional Demand Manager | bp
John Thompson | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Global AI Leader | EY
Global Head of AI & Rapid Data Lab | CSL Behring
Executive Partner & CEO Advisor | Gartner
Ian Thomas | Executive Consultant, Data & AI and Advisory Board Member
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer | Credera
Chief Data Officer | Publicis
Senior Director, Program Management, Marketing Data & Analytics | Microsoft
Ali Khan | Advisory Board Member
Current role:
Chief Data Officer | Finastra
Previous role:
Chief Data Officer | Experian
Head of Data & Analytics Platform | Verizon
Robin Sutara | Advisory Board Member
Current role:
Field Chief Data Officer | Databricks
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer | Microsoft UK
Chief Operating Officer, Azure Data Engineering | Microsoft
Steve Wyer | Advisory Board Member
Current role:
Chief Data Officer | Medical Protection Society
Previous roles include:
Chief Data Officer | ING
Group Head of Data Management | Woolworths Group
Niamh Muldoon | Advisory Board Member
Current role:
Chief Information Security Officer EMEA | Bank of New York
Previous role:
Chief Information Security Officer | Fernergo
Global Information Security Business Enablement Director | Docusign
Helius Guimaraes | Advisory Board Member
Current role:
Chief Data & AI Officer | Fonterra
Previous roles include:
Digital Transformation Leader | Alcoa
GM, Data Strategy | Rio Tinto
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