Grace HalimChief Data Officer

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Grace Halim

Making trusted data useful in consequential decisions.

I help enterprises turn data into a trusted part of how decisions are made.

Open to
  • Board appointments
  • Advisory roles
  • Speaking invitations
Portrait of Grace Halim
Elevation · Chief Data Officer

Specification

The scale of the work.

Ref.MeasureValueNote
S-01Trusted source of truth1Replacing 37 conflicting reports
S-02Value from analytics₹410 CrVerified by finance, year three
S-03Models governed220Under one responsible-AI framework
S-04Time to decision data9 days → 4 hrsFor the executive committee

Modules of expertise

The load-bearing capabilities.

  • MOD-01Data strategy
  • MOD-02Data governance
  • MOD-03Analytics adoption
  • MOD-04Responsible AI

Career elevation

Built in stages.

  1. Stage 04 · 2020 — Present

    Chief Data Officer

    Aldermoor Group

    Leading enterprise data strategy, governance and analytics adoption.

  2. Stage 03 · 2016 — 2020

    Vice President, Data & Analytics

    Fairhaven Holdings

    Built data and analytics capability around priority business uses.

  3. Stage 02 · 2013 — 2018

    Head of Analytics

    Westmoor Housing Finance

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

  4. Stage 01 · 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.

Detail drawings

Where the decisions were made.

01Detail

Enterprise data ownership

Business functions were maintaining different versions of a critical performance measure. I worked with the accountable owners to define the measure, document its source and agree how exceptions would be handled. The programme treated data ownership as an operating responsibility and gave users a visible path for resolving quality issues.

02Detail

Decision intelligence

An analytics initiative had produced technically sound outputs that were not part of the management routine. We redesigned the work around a specific decision, involved the decision owners in evaluation and made limitations visible in the way findings were presented. Adoption became part of the delivery definition.

03Detail

Responsible AI adoption

Teams wanted to move AI experiments into business use without a consistent review process. I convened product, data, risk and operating leaders to agree evaluation criteria, human accountability and monitoring responsibilities. The approach allowed use cases to be assessed on their actual purpose and exposure rather than on enthusiasm for the technology.

Board record

Governance structures served.

  • Westmoor Housing Finance

    Independent Director

    Risk · Data & AI Ethics (Chair)

    2023 — Present

  • The Responsible Data Institute

    Advisory Board Member

    Standards Council

    2020 — Present

Peer review

Notes from those who appoint.

Made our data trustworthy enough to bet decisions on — and honest about where it was not.
Hannah ClarkeChief Executive, Westmoor Housing Finance
The clearest voice on responsible AI in our boardroom.
Vikram SethiChair, Risk Committee

Working notes

Essays and perspectives.

An invitation

Let's draw up what comes next.

For board, advisory and leadership conversations where data strategy matters.

Open to
  • Board appointments
  • Advisory roles
  • Speaking invitations

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