Chief Data Officer Canada · Global perspective
Amara Whitmore
Making trusted data useful in consequential decisions.
Trusted data becomes valuable when people can use it responsibly in a decision.
Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations
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- Trusted source of truth
- 1
- Replacing 37 conflicting reports
- Value from analytics
- ₹410 Cr
- Verified by finance, year three
- Models governed
- 220
- Under one responsible-AI framework
- Time to decision data
- 9 days → 4 hrs
- For the executive committee
A career in chapters.
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2020 — Present
Chief Data Officer
Aldermoor Group
Leading enterprise data strategy, governance and analytics adoption. Working with business owners and risk colleagues to connect trustworthy information and responsible AI with defined decision needs.
2016 — 2020
Vice President, Data & Analytics
Fairhaven Holdings
Built data and analytics capability around priority business uses. Developed operating practices for data ownership, quality evaluation and the communication of analytical limitations.
2013 — 2018
Head of Analytics
Westmoor Housing Finance
Built the credit analytics capability that reduced losses while widening access to first-time borrowers.
2008 — 2013
Lead Data Scientist
Lumen Payments
Designed fraud models at national scale, and learned that a model is only as good as the decision it improves.
A broader perspective.
Data strategy / Data governance / Analytics adoption / Responsible AI
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Trusted with consequential decisions.
Recognition
- Data Leader of the YearThe Applied AI Forum · 2024
- Responsible AI AwardThe Technology Leaders Review · 2023
In conversation
- “Governing 220 models without slowing the business”The Applied AI Forum · 2025
- “The board's role in responsible AI”The Boardroom Review · 2024
- “Episode 120 — Data people can trust”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023
Formation
- PhD, StatisticsEastgate Institute of Technology · 2007
- M.Sc, MathematicsKingsgate University · 2002
Made our data trustworthy enough to bet decisions on — and honest about where it was not.
An invitation
The most consequential work begins with a conversation.
For board, advisory and leadership conversations where data strategy matters.
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