"Data is increasingly the lifeblood of modern business, and understanding its flows throughout an operational structure can be vital from compliance perspectives, and also indicate where efficiencies can be made and systems optimised."

In recent years, the world has woken up to the fact that serious action needs to be taken by governments, businesses and people alike if we want to achieve just this one goal – make our planet a better place for everyone.

Building a sustainable data eco-system, responsible automation, and ESG challenges – all hot topics that came up at FIMA Connect when Lorraine Waters, Solidatus’ CDO, interviewed Rakshit Kapoor, Santander UK’s newly appointed CDO. 

Over the course of two days (16-17 June 2021), FIMA Connect held an invitation-only event with the aim of bringing together Chief Data Officers and Senior Data & Analytics Leaders to discuss their biggest data priorities and issues with their data peers.  

"The only way that complex multi-nationals can ensure their compliance is by keeping up with these continual updates to data privacy rules. In order to prepare for any legislative checks on their compliance, firms need to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to operational data management which can be called on to give a comprehensive picture at any time."