Data Governance Manager at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, covering various aspects of data governance. Main focus on Party/Client data and Capital Markets.Previously Director at SocGen, working as the Chief Data Officer in the Prime Brokerage business, involved in: - data regulation - GDPR / Personal Data, BCBS239, ensuring that our entity is compliant with the regulation and group approach;- introducing data management concepts / framework to the business incl. ownership, process, control, a data quality framework, managing data exceptions, setting up the relevant governance - incl. data sourcing/governance project for liquidity data (for FSA047/048, ILAA & treasury processes).;- providing data training as required - whether myself, or else as provided by the centralised Data Office in order to improve the data culture in the business; - data strategy, in conjunction with the move to the cloud, incl. focus on referential data (product, client);In addition I worked as a Project Manager for the strategic client reporting & query solution "The future of Client Reporting" - closely linked to the data and digital transformation the business is going through. This has involved working closely with key stakeholders in the business, particularly on the Sales side & clients, as well as operations and technology. I am currently on the UK Governing body for the Evanta UK CDO Community, a peer-driven community with an agenda shaped by a leadership team of influential Chief Data Officers from the UK's largest organisations, all with a focus on driving real-world solutions to the leadership challenge CDOs face in today's business climate. I am also a member of the A-team Group Data Management Insight (DMI) Advisory Board.In my previous role, I was involved as an SME in MiFIR and EMIR regulatory reporting and other non-financial regulatory reporting including Dodd-Frank, REMIT, SFTR. I also focused on various regulatory referential data initiatives such as counterparty and product referential data - always looking at opportunities to improve the data quality and ensuring that there are good controls and governance in place. Prior to this, I set up the Transaction reporting team within Newedge, initially focused on MiFID, and then broadening scope to Dodd-Frank and EMIR.I was at Societe Generale for nearly 10 years. I was previously at Goldman Sachs for over 16.5 years, working in Asset Management Operations for 11 and more recently in Regulatory Operations for 5.5 years. I have a BSc Honours degree in Geology from Imperial College, London.