UK & Ireland CDAO Community Executive Summit 2026
15 October 2026
Convene 155 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom
The Gartner UK & Ireland CDAO Community Executive Summit is the community's signature event, bringing together Chief Data and Analytics Officers for a full day of peer-driven discussions, curated networking and Gartner insights. The 2026 programme covers moving beyond AI pilots to unlock value, people strategies for AI and data adoption, and building trust in the CDAO role through strategy execution and governance.
17 sessions · 30 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (5)
Neo4j · Acceldata · Cyera · Ataccama · Rocket Software
Speakers (30)
- Kevin Cassar Chief Data & AI Officer, TalkTalk
- Ash Hunt Strategy, AIUC-1
- Marco Iannone Group Chief AI Officer at Virgin Active, Virgin Active
- Alex Bilas Chief Data Officer, Canopius Group
- Juergen Weiss Group Vice President, Gartner
- Ramon Chen CPO, Acceldata
- Lindsay Mason Deputy Director for Data, Information Governance and Skills, UK Ministry of Defence
- Andy Ruckley CDAO, ConvaTec
- Bhavin Shah SVP, Customer Insights, Kyvos Insights
- Dee Samra Global Head of AI & Data Analytics, Booking.com
- Gurpreet Muctor Chief Data & Technology Officer, Westminster City Council
- Howard Le Roy Head of Data & Analytics, United Utilities
- Jawad Munir Head of AI, Analytics & Data, COS
- Jeremy Ben Sadoun CRO & Co-founder, Neuralk
- Jon Asprey Field CDO, Ataccama
- Jules Elliott Data Analytics Director, NEST
- Jwan Ibrahim Director of Data & Analytics, SLB
- Kerry Davies Head of Data Strategy & Governance, B&Q
- Ludovic Veale Executive Partner (Data & Analytics), EMEA, Gartner
- Mark Bird Chief Data Officer, Legal & General
- Mark Peterson Head of Data & Insight (CDAO), North Yorkshire County Council
- Michael Ricketts Head of Data and Analytics, SSE
- Murtz Daud Director of Data & AI, British Gas
- Nivedh Iyer Head of Group Data Management, Group Data & Analytics, Danske Bank
- Phil Wheeler Chief Data Officer, Mobility & B2C, Shell
- Radhika Bandarupalli Global Head of Engineering Data & AI, BAT
- Rob Mcmanus Head of Value Engineering, NEO4J
- Ruben Lara Data, Analytics and AI Director, Tesco Plc
- Rudra Dalmia Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder, Turgon
- Tony Zona Chief Data Officer, Grant Thornton
Agenda
- The CDAO's Journey to Value 15 October 2026
- From Trusted Information to AI Advantage — What Will Differentiate Leaders in the Next 24 Months? 15 October 2026
- Why Data Foundations Set the Ceiling on AI Autonomy 15 October 2026
- Where Does AI Belong? Exploring Remits in an Era of Change 15 October 2026
- Peer-to-Peer Meetings 15 October 2026
- From Data Strategy to AI Economics 15 October 2026
- Your AI Problem Isn’t AI— The Importance of Context 15 October 2026
- Redefining Data Workflows — Unlocking Automation, Trust, and Agility 15 October 2026
- Is Your Data Governance Ready? 15 October 2026
- Leading Without Certainty — Making Decisions When Nobody Has All the Answers 15 October 2026
- Beyond Generative AI — Unlocking Predictive Decision-Making at Scale 15 October 2026
- Treating Data as a Product to Increase Value for Your Enterprise 15 October 2026
- Adaptive Governance — Building The Data-centric Control Plane 15 October 2026
- Elevating Data Stewardship into Strategic Influence 15 October 2026
- Building the Next Generation of Data and AI Leaders 15 October 2026
- Redefine Data Strategy for AI Excellence 15 October 2026
- Connecting Data, AI and Business Strategy 15 October 2026