Nandita IyerChief Data Officer

Chief Data Officer India · Global perspective

Nandita Iyer

Making trusted data useful in consequential decisions.

Trusted data becomes valuable when people can use it responsibly in a decision.

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Portrait of Nandita Iyer
India · Global perspective
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
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A career in chapters.

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 2013 — 2018

    Head of Analytics

    Westmoor Housing Finance

    Built the credit analytics capability that reduced losses while widening access to first-time borrowers.

  4. 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.

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Data strategy / Data governance / Analytics adoption / Responsible AI

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The leadership record

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.
Hannah ClarkeChief Executive, Westmoor Housing Finance
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