Simon is one of Europe’s most experienced and successful data leaders. He was the first Chief Data Officer in the UK and has served as CDO for a number of FTSE firms, including IBM, Bupa, Tesco, UBS, and Rackspace. Simon has previously led the biggest business case made for data in Europe, which succeeded in generating £1bn of incremental revenue per annum for a large retail bank. He was responsible for implementing the data and analytics capabilities for the UK’s Financial Regulator that resulted in the UK’s first prosecution of insider trading. In 2022, Simon wrote the data strategy for the Lloyd’s of London insurance market across 2000 firms.
Simon is a bestselling author, having written the Amazon #1 selling Data and Analytics Strategy for Business (2022). The book has sold out and he has now written the second edition which is being released in August 2025. This new edition includes a greater content on AI and practically integrating AI capabilities into a firm’s existing data and Analytics strategy.
Simon is featured on this year’s UK Top 100 Influential People list. He has also been awarded the titles of ‘Europe’s Most Influential Data Leader’ and ‘Most Influential London CEO in Data’.
Simon has a MBA from Durham University and has studied Artificial Intelligence at MIT. He is an appointed member of the Royal Statistical Society’s AI Task Force and has been selected to act as an expert judge for the Society’s 2025/26 William Guy lectureship appointments.
Simon is a keen sailor and is sailing round Greece in June 2025.
Session Overview
Unlocking the Value from Data: Empowering You to Bridge the Gap Between AI and Business Goals
The purpose of the talk is to ensure the participants understand how they can implement a more strategic approach for getting value from AI. The talk will look at proven frameworks and approaches that enable them to successfully align AI activities with their business strategy and goals.
Three Tangible Learnings
An understanding of a comprehensive framework for aligning AI activities to organisation strategy and goals (such as revenue generation or operational efficiency).
Using a proven approach to enable you to move from reactive projects to those prioritised projects with the best outcomes and greatest chance of success, which in turn will generate most value for the organisation.
An understanding of how the frameworks enable you to create a repeatable flow of prioritised projects that they can be used every day to accelerate your AI success.
Data and AI Literacy: How to Leverage the Whole Organisation
The purpose of the talk is to ensure the participants understand how they can use the power of the whole organisation to make Data and AI a success. Data & AI Literacy is not just about skills. You’ll come away armed with proven frameworks and approaches to implement back in your organisation.
Three Tangible Learnings
An understanding of the benefits of engaging the whole organisation in data and AI.
An understanding of a comprehensive framework for engaging the whole organisation and getting better business outcomes from Data and AI.
Knowledge of a proven approach to take the basic concept of a dashboard into a mission-critical tool that will change your organisation.
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Simon is one of Europe’s most experienced and successful data leaders. He was the first Chief Data Officer in the UK and has served as CDO for a number of FTSE firms, including IBM, Bupa, Tesco, UBS, and Rackspace. Simon has previously led the biggest business case made for data in Europe, which succeeded in generating £1bn of incremental revenue per annum for a large retail bank. He was responsible for implementing the data and analytics capabilities for the UK’s Financial Regulator that resulted in the UK’s first prosecution of insider trading. In 2022, Simon wrote the data strategy for the Lloyd’s of London insurance market across 2000 firms.
Simon is a bestselling author, having written the Amazon #1 selling Data and Analytics Strategy for Business (2022). The book has sold out and he has now written the second edition which is being released in August 2025. This new edition includes a greater content on AI and practically integrating AI capabilities into a firm’s existing data and Analytics strategy.
Simon is featured on this year’s UK Top 100 Influential People list. He has also been awarded the titles of ‘Europe’s Most Influential Data Leader’ and ‘Most Influential London CEO in Data’.
Simon has a MBA from Durham University and has studied Artificial Intelligence at MIT. He is an appointed member of the Royal Statistical Society’s AI Task Force and has been selected to act as an expert judge for the Society’s 2025/26 William Guy lectureship appointments.
Simon is a keen sailor and is sailing round Greece in June 2025.
