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Work, Ideas & Conversations

A selection of case studies, publications, conference talks, and featured projects — the practical side of 15+ years in data governance, management, and AI leadership.

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Work

Case Studies

Real-world governance and management challenges, and how we solved them.

Data Governance

Building an Enterprise Data Governance Framework from Scratch

Designed and implemented a company-wide data governance programme for a large financial services organisation — covering data ownership, stewardship roles, policy structures, and a data council. Reduced data quality incidents by 40% within 18 months.

  • Data ownership model across 12 business domains
  • Data council established with executive sponsorship
  • 40% reduction in data quality incidents
Data Management

Master Data Management at Scale

Led the design and rollout of a master data management platform for a multinational retail group, consolidating customer, product, and supplier data across 8 countries. Delivered a single source of truth that reduced reconciliation effort by 60%.

  • Single customer master across 8 markets
  • 60% reduction in data reconciliation effort
  • Integrated with 14 downstream systems
AI Leadership

AI Readiness Assessment & Roadmap

Conducted a full AI readiness assessment for a mid-size insurance company — evaluating data quality, governance maturity, and organisational capability. Delivered a 3-year AI adoption roadmap grounded in data foundations.

  • AI readiness score across 6 dimensions
  • 3-year phased adoption roadmap
  • Governance framework for responsible AI use

Writing

Publications & Writing

Articles, whitepapers, and contributions to the data and AI community.

Article2025

The Data Governance Maturity Paradox

DAMA International Journal

Why organisations that score highest on maturity models often struggle most with real-world governance adoption — and what to do about it.

Whitepaper2024

AI Governance: A Practitioner's Framework

Self-published

A practical framework for organisations navigating the governance of AI systems — from model risk to data lineage and accountability structures.

Article2024

Data Stewardship in the Age of Self-Service Analytics

Data Management Review

How the rise of self-service BI tools is reshaping the role of data stewards — and why governance needs to evolve to keep pace.

Article2023

From Data Catalogue to Data Culture

LinkedIn Articles

A metadata catalogue is a tool, not a strategy. This piece explores what it really takes to build a data-literate organisation.

Events

Speaking & Events

Conference talks, panel discussions, and keynotes on data governance, management, and AI.

2025

Governing AI: Lessons from Data Governance

Data Governance World Forum · London, UK

Keynote
2024

Building Governance Frameworks That Actually Stick

DAMA Europe Conference · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Conference Talk
2024

The Head of Data & AI Role: Strategy, Culture, and Execution

CDO Summit · Brussels, Belgium

Panel
2023

AI Readiness Starts with Data Readiness

Data Innovation Summit · Stockholm, Sweden

Conference Talk
2023

Master Data Management: Beyond the Platform

Enterprise Data World · Virtual

Workshop

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