Lorraine Waters

Group Deputy Chief Data Officer and Global Head of Data Governance
HSBC

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Day 1

Thursday, December 11th, 2014

10:00 Keynote Panel: The role of Chief Data Officer – what is achievable in 2015 and how?

Can you imagine your business without a Head of Marketing? How about getting rid of the Head of Sales? Do we really need a CFO? These questions sound crazy and unreasonable, and yet the Chief Data Officer still has to defend his/her right to exist. Why? What is stopping organisations from giving power to the person who keeps and looks after often the first or the second most valuable asset in any company? Financial institutions are not alone. Retail, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, logistics, transport companies are all working on recognising the role of data in their bottom lines. And it is taking
ages. A company's data has value. However, to date, data assets have not been shown directly on company books, although it is sometimes there as goodwill or is partially reflected
in the price of the stock. How, as a community, do we value our arguably most profitable commodity Data, and what is the point of having a Chief Data Officer? Attend this keynote panel to discover the views of leading CDOs. Take their feedback to your board of directors and, who knows, perhaps your business will change its approach to the value of data.

• Identifying the main challenges facing the CDO

• Is CDO following in the footsteps of CIO

• Why should CDO be on the board of every financial institution?

• Relating data maturity to the role and practical goals of the CDO

• Some argue that CDO is an impossible job with an impossible task – true or false?

• Looking into the future role of CDO and data in business

13:30 Creating a data governance strategy and process that effectively supports both back and front office needs

Data governance is one of the hottest subjects, with every data professional interested in strategy, practical realities and challenges facing any data governance policy. Benefit from the huge experience and expertise of Lorraine Waters who has in her career built substantial models in many financial institutions. She is an expert at definition and delivery of effective operating models, including shared services, for several global, top-tier financial institutions. Don’t miss your chance to learn about:

• Debating the real and perceived role of data governance – does it make us any money?

• Setting clear achievable data governance goals – what is the point?

• Implementing an effective set of common rules – can everyone follow the same rules and should they?

• Getting your architects and IT to support your strategy – main challenges