Natalie Heisler

Natalie is Managing Director and Accenture’s Responsible AI Lead for North America, based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to her current role, Natalie was Practice Lead for Accenture Data & AI, Canada. Natalie began her career as a statistician, and prior to her work at Accenture, built consulting practices for global analytics software and solutions providers including Qlik, SAP, MicroStrategy and SAS. Natalie has completed advanced research on the policy, legal and regulatory aspects of the control of algorithmic bias, and has advised enterprise clients in their development of Responsible AI policy and operations. Natalie has been a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on the topic of Responsible AI and standards and recently published a book: Standards for the control of algorithmic bias in the Canadian administrative context. Natalie holds an M.A. in Political Science, an M.Sc. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Psychology.