Chief Data Officer / Australia · Global perspective
Maxwell Harrington
I help enterprises turn data into a trusted part of how decisions are made.
Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations
Start a conversation ↗ Data governance September 2026 2 min read
Data ownership must resolve a real problem Naming an owner is only useful if that person can make the decisions needed to keep information fit for purpose.
Ownership requires a clear definition, an operating process and a route for users to raise issues.
Continue the essay ↗ The enduring idea
Trusted data becomes valuable when people can use it responsibly in a decision. I connect ownership, quality and analytical capability to business purpose, with explicit limitations and human accountability for consequential uses.
A philosophy in practice ↗ The journal
Further reading. 02 Responsible AI June 2026 3 min read
An analytical output can be accurate and still fail to influence the work it was intended to support.
03 Decision intelligence March 2026 2 min read
An AI use case needs to be assessed in the context of the decision or task it supports.
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 Beyond the page
The record behind the perspective. In the boardroom Westmoor Housing Finance Independent Director · 2023 — Present The Responsible Data Institute Advisory Board Member · 2020 — Present Recognition Data Leader of the Year The Applied AI Forum · 2024 Responsible AI Award The 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 Made our data trustworthy enough to bet decisions on — and honest about where it was not. Hannah Clarke Chief Executive, Westmoor Housing Finance The full record ↗ Continue the conversation
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