Our Leadership Board

With over 20 years of experience at the intersection of data, AI, and business strategy, I help organizations transform complexity into clarity. As a senior leader and interim consultant, I guide companies through AI-driven transformation establishing scalable data foundations, embedding responsible AI, and aligning technology with real-world impact. I’ve led enterprise-wide AI programs, built high-performing cross-functional teams, and delivered measurable outcomes in sectors like shipping, finance, energy, and life sciences. From modernizing legacy systems to launching AI & Data Centers of Excellence, my work balances innovation with governance, agility with compliance. What sets me apart is my ability to bridge strategy with execution quickly, clearly, and collaboratively. Whether advising on AI adoption, leading change initiatives, or speaking on responsible innovation, I bring energy, structure, and a human-centered approach to every challenge.

Riaan Dreyer is a seasoned leader in financial services technology, recognized for driving digital and data transformation across major international institutions. Throughout his career, which includes senior leadership roles at Íslandsbanki, Arion Bank, Standard Bank, and Liberty Life, he has specialized in leveraging advanced analytics and innovative technology to foster strategic growth. With a multidisciplinary background in IT, Actuarial Mathematics, and Economics, Riaan brings a unique perspective to complex challenges in the evolving banking landscape. He has furthered his executive expertise through studies at Oxford’s Saïd Business School and IESE, focusing on the intersection of technology and business value.

Experienced network leader and analyst in financial services and IT.
Focus on strategy, innovation and development with strong combination of innovation theory and practice including an industrial PhD in collaborative innovation. Practised event moderator with large Danish and International network in the Fintech Area
Background in economics (master in economics and e-mba) and experience in financial services, digitization and IT.

With over 35 years of experience in the data world, Naomi brings deep insight to the data strategy and management required to support operating models in the financial sector. She has led buy and sell-side transformations, positioning data as the bedrock of operational excellence. In CDO/Head of Data roles, she has delivered data and operational strategies using state-of-the-art technologies, by combining her knowledge of data management, governance and analytics with her deep understanding of process and operational risk in the sector. Her expertise in data architecture and the intersection of business data concepts with physical implementations is very relevant to current strategic technological approaches, such as data fabrics and data mesh, and the establishment of cloud data platforms. Semantics holds the key to data accessibility, common understanding and well-governed datasets, by describing a holistic view of a data landscape and linking it to the business processes it serves. Recently Naomi has been CDO at HUB, involved in building a new operating system for the investment management industry based on a common data platform. Previously, she has held CDO/Head of Data and strategic advisory or consultancy roles at many well-known names across the sector. Naomi is known as a speaker at conferences on data topics and has contributed to industry publications on key data issues.