2020 Global 2020 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics The Most Innovative Minds in Corinium’s Global Network of Data and Analytics Leaders 1 2020 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics Contents Click to navigate 4 Introduction 19 Lakshmanan SVP – Head of Analytics, Data Science Meyyappan and AI, Regions Bank 5 Cortnie Abercrombie CEO and Founder, AI Truth 20 Anwar Mirza Data Strategy and Governance, FedEx Express Joy Bonaguro CDO, State of California 6 Tim Lum Associate Director, BCG Platinion Gary Goldberg Chief Data Officer - Integrated Gaia Marcus Head of National Data Strategy, Supply and Trading, BP Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Dr Katia Walsh Chief Strategy and AI Officer, Levi Strauss & Co 21 Srini Nallasivan CAO, US Bank 7 Louise Blake VP: Data, Seera Group 22 Dr Gabriele Compostella CTO – Data:Lab, Volkswagen AG 8 Linda Avery CDAO, Sainsbury’s Dr Ben Dias Data Science and Analytics Director, EasyJet Helen Hunter VP – Data Management, HM Health Solutions Peter Eckley Head of Data and Analytics Strategy Division, Bank of England Dr Maria Milosavljevic CDO, Services Australia 24 Scott Zoldi CAO, FICO 9 Inderpal Bhandari Global CDO, IBM 25 Camilla Bjorkqvist Data and Analytics Transformation Director, Danone 10 Dr Christopher Boone VP, Global Head, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, AbbVie Dr Youmna Borghol CDO, Choueiri Group Krishna Cheriath CDO, Bristol Myers Squibb Lisel Engelbrecht CIO PBBSA: Data, Analytics and AI, Standard Bank Group Dennis Kessler Principal, Data Governance and Internal Policies, European Stability Mechanism 26 Charles Thibault VP – Analytics, IDT Corporation 12 Stephen Blackwelder CAO, Duke University Health System 27 Matthew Fryer VP, AI and Chief Data Science Officer, Expedia Group 13 Kjersten Moody CDO, Prudential Financial Allison Sagraves Senior Vice President Founding Morgan Templar VP – Data Management, Chief Data Officer, M&T Bank HM Health Solutions Jon Francis CAO, Starbucks Paul Van Siclen Senior Director of Industry Solutions, Bardess Group 29 Alejandro Bahnsen VP of AI, Rappi 14 Dan Costanza Chief Data Scientist – Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citi 30 Dak Liyanearachchi CDAO, Hilton 15 JoAnn Stonier CDO, Mastercard Joe Vellaiparambil CDAO, AXA Equitable Faraz Shafiq Katie Meyers SVP, Global Data Technology, Global Head of Digital Transformation Charles Schwab and Enterprise Modernization, Amazon Web Services Dr Amy Gershkoff CDO, Bitly Bolles 31 Michael Christian Global Head of Data and Analytics, Rene Collemiche Belcorp 16 El Diawlol Director of Advanced CDO, AP Moller - Maersk Analytics, Goldman Sachs 32 Micheline Casey Elaine Priest CDO, NatWest 18 Radha Subramanyam Chief Research & Analytics Officer, CBS Corporation Eleanor Armiger Head of Analytics, British Airways Cara Dailey CDO, Silicon Valley Bank 33 Jose A Murillo CAO, Grupo Financiero Banorte Ameet Shetty CDAO, McDonald’s 2 2020 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics Contents Click to navigate Catherine Brien CDO, Guardian Media Group 50 Dr Susan Wegner VP AI and Data Analytics, Lufthansa 35 Industry Solutions Lisa Allen Head of Data and Analytical Services, Ordinance Survey 51 Hartnell Ndungi CDO, Absa Group Chris Bannocks SVP and CDO, Danone Siobhain O’Mahony Former Head of Analytics, Investec Private Bank South Africa Dante Tellez CDAO, Chubb 36 Bart Pietruszka CDO and Head of Analytics, HSBC 37 Evelyn Wareham Chief Data and Insights Officer, Ministry 53 Dr Mark Nasila CAO – Chief Risk Office, of Business, Innovation and Employment FNB South Africa Zachary Anderson CDAO, RBS 54 Lauchlan Wallace CDO, Woodside Energy Scott Barber CDAO, Australian Securities and Brian Ferris CDAO, Loyalty New Zealand Investments Commission 38 Edgar Treviño Data and Analytics Director, Walmart Laura Cao Global Head of Data and Analytics, HSBC Life 39 Dr Virginia Wheway CDO, CIMIC 55 Guy Taylor Director of Data Science and Analytics, Booking.com Karin Immenroth CDAO, Mediengruppe RTL Deustchland 56 Shreya Goswami CDO, Absa Regional Operations Nonna Milmeister CDAO, RMIT University Graeme McDermott CDO, Tempcover 41 Harvinder Atwal Interim CDO, MoneySupermarket Maciej Kaliszka CDO: Corporate Investment Banking, Absa 42 Dr Christian Essling VP – Analytics and Data Science, E.ON 57 Dr David Hardoon Senior Advisor for Data and AI, Leandro Rocha CDAO, Banco de Crédito UnionBank of the Philippines de Andrade 59 Bayo Adekanmbi Chief Transformation Officer, MTN Minna Karha Data and Analytics Lead, Finnair Maritza Curry Head of Data, RCS Group 43 Nirali Patel CDAO, AXA PPP Healthcare Zjaen Coetzee Head of Data Insights Management, Telkom 44 Kate Carruthers Chief Data and Insights Officer, UNSW 60 Evan Stubbs Partner and Director – Data and Digital Glenda Crisp CDO – EGM Enterprise Data, National Platforms, The Boston Consulting Group Australia Bank Group Head of Data Analytics and AI, Zoher Karu MD – Head of Data and Analytics, 61 Pedro Uria-Recio APAC and EMEA, Citi Axiata Analytics Center Louise Barber Head of Data Analytics, Insights and Jodi Morton MD and CDO, KPMG US 45 AI, Qantas 47 Jan Sheppard CDO, Tertiary Education Commission Brett Woolley Head of Data Governance and Strategy, QBE Insurance Jane Eastgate CDAO, FoxCo 62 Dr Adrian Pearce Global CDO, Credit Suisse Emma Gray Group Exec, Data and Automation, ANZ 63 Jean Tranter Head of Analytics, 48 Prof Matt Kuperholz Chief Data Scientist, PwC The Foschini Retail Group 49 Noel Jarrett CDO, Telstra Richard Wingfield CDO, Al-Futtaim Céline Heissat Chief Data Innovation Officer, Dr Amy Shi-Nash Global Head of Analytics and Le Cotonnec Bank of Singapore Data Science, HSBC Dr Ian Opperman Chief Data Scientist, NSW Government (& President ACS) 3 2020 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics Introduction elcome to the 2020 Business of access to the world’s most senior data, analytics Data Top 100 Innovators in Data and and technology professionals. W Analytics report – Corinium’s list of the Together, they have compiled a truly global world’s top 100 data and analytics leaders! shortlist that spans a range of industry verticals We publish these lists every year to and geographic regions. acknowledge the incredible work that’s being Of course, there are many other industry leaders done to advance the cause of data and analytics whose work is every bit as impressive as that of across the globe. But it also serves as an the 100 people we recognize here. It’s impossible opportunity to highlight the achievements of to get everyone on one list. But we shall continue some of the top minds in our global network of to provide a platform for these outstanding more than 250,000 business leaders. business leaders in the months ahead. As the world’s largest community of senior data, analytics, CX and digital transformation professionals, Corinium is uniquely positioned to This Year’s List at a Glance bring together and celebrate the most dynamic executives from across the globe. data and In fact, this year’s list features interviews with analytics leaders 25 members of our global ‘top 100’. Conducted 100 over several months, they explore these industry trailblazers’ greatest achievements, responses to By Gender the COVID-19 pandemic and plans for the future. 56% 44% The global pandemic has placed a spotlight Male Female on the role of the CDAO and reaffirmed the significance of data in organizations. We’ve By Job Title seen leadership teams embracing technology 64% 36% and data, viewing them as the key to creating C-Level Head, Director or VP successful post-pandemic operating models for their organizations. In a year that will be remembered for unprecedented disruption and turmoil, we believe At the same time, data and analytics leaders face it’s never been more important to recognize different challenges in different industries and parts the analytical thinkers who are guiding their of the world. So, we have decided not to rank our organizations through these turbulent waters. top 100. The business leaders in this year’s list are So, to compile our ‘top 100’, we worked closely all doing amazing work in their respective fields. with Corinium’s editorial and production teams on We hope you enjoy the insights this report the ground in America, Europe, the Middle East, contains. And if you’d like to hear more from Africa and Asia Pacific. the data and analytics leaders featured within, They spend their days interviewing executives, you will be able to hear from and network with attending conferences and researching the big many of them at our upcoming digital events issues facing organizations today to ensure our or virtual conferences. global portfolio of events and benchmarking research covers the topics that matter most to Charlie James our audience. As such, they enjoy unrivalled CEO and Founder, Corinium Intelligence 4 2020 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics Cortnie Abercrombie CEO and Founder, AI Truth Click to view profile Would you please tell us IBM’s consulting group, which I was a part fresh out of college and paired with a fairly a bit about AI Truth and of, was developing AI solutions for some nascent field, and the result was they didn’t why you left your role as of the biggest companies in the world. have any set operating ways that they do IBM’s Global AI Offerings I was working with data scientists and things. IBM brought a lot of that structure executives from the client-side as well as and tightened methods and processes Executive to found the from IBM. with clients. But to me, it revealed a organization in 2018? So, I would get access to their data pervasive gap in most firms that introduced science teams and I would see what they too much room for unintentional harms for were doing. I kind of got to see top- everyone else not ‘in the room’. down and bottom-up in all the different Loose practices meant that data was operations.