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.
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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
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Further reading.
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Analytics delivery includes the decision routine
An analytical output can be accurate and still fail to influence the work it was intended to support.
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AI evaluation starts with purpose and exposure
An AI use case needs to be assessed in the context of the decision or task it supports.
Beyond the page
The record behind the perspective.
In the boardroom
- Westmoor Housing FinanceIndependent Director · 2023 — Present
- The Responsible Data InstituteAdvisory Board Member · 2020 — Present
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
Made our data trustworthy enough to bet decisions on — and honest about where it was not.
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