CDAO UK
2026 Speakers

Akhil Lalwani
Chief Data Officer
Allianz UK

Ming Tang
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
NHS England

Niresh Rajah
International Group Chief Data & AI Officer
DLA Piper

Emma York
Chief Data Officer
London Stock Exchange Group

Vladimir Bendikow
Chief Data Officer
FIRSTBANK UK LIMITED

Deepika Adusumilli
Chief Data and AI Officer
BT Group

Bhushan Kokate
Chief Architect: Data, Analytics and AI
MS Amlin

James Davies
Chief Analyst Officer
BY ROTATION

Hazem El Taha
Senior Vice President, Group Marketing Technology
HSBC

Vijay Jairaj
Executive Director, Responsible AI and Data Ethics
Standard Chartered

Alexey Kryazhev
Senior Vice President
Citi

Anwar Mirza
Data Strategy & Governance
Ex TNT/FedEx

Francesco Di Costanzo
Chief Executive Officer
JAJA Finance

Anna Gill
Global Digital Core Deployment Senior Director
Mars

Dilshat Uteshev
Executive Director, Head of AI
JPMorgan

Isabel Mendes
Senior Director, Data & Analytics EMEA
Warner Bros. Discovery

Ed Brafman
Director of Consumer Intelligence
Manchester United

Beatrice Russell
MDM Global Implementation Leader - Technology
AON

Peter Jackson
Interim Global Head of Data Office
SCHRODERS

Subramanian Ramakrishnan
Director - Head of Data and Analytics
SquareTrade

Kassim Hussein
Head of Data and Analytics (Director Grade)
CLEVELAND CLINIC LONDON

Calum Conejo-Watt
Head of Data Governance & Quality
Lombard Odier Investment

Martin Nelson
Data Platforms Adoption Lead and Product Owner
NFU MUTUAL

Amit Nandi
Vice President Solutions & Data Architect
Barclays

Sharada Khanna
Global Lead for Originations and Credit Bureau Data Strategy, Retail Banking
HSBC

Pedro Liaño
Executive Director Data Intelligence
Bed Bath & Beyond

Murtz Daud
Director of Data & AI
British Gas

Sanja Hukovic
Group Director, Head of Model and AI Risk Management
London Stock Exchange Group

Tom Trolez
Director of Global Data & Analytics Solution Delivery
Novartis

JP Bhamu
Director of Data & AI
NHS Business Services Authority

Jithindas Ramadas
Director, Data Strategy and Management
Aviva Investors

Francisco Mainez
Senior Director, Global Head of Financial Crime Strategy
Nium

Madhur Hemnani
Head of Data Strategy and Data Governance
Zurich Insurance

Nivedh R Iyer
Head of Group Data Management, Group Data & Analytics
Danske Bank

Patrick Osborne
Head of Customer Insights & Analysis
QVC

Premal Desai
Head of Data & AI
The Gym Group

Pankaj Manek
Data Manager
Cambridge & Counties Bank

Igor Stojkovic
Data Science Lead
ING