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Fiona Sweeney

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Partnerships Director - Women in Data

After almost 4 decades in the data and analytics industry, Fiona joined ‘the great resignation’ to find a role with purpose at its core.  Joining Women in Data® gives her the opportunity to drive change and give back to the industry that has given so much to her. Her focus is to work with partners and community to attract and then retain women in the Data and AI space. Fiona recognised the skills emergency our industry is facing in to, the urgency dialled up for her when she placed a gender lens over the sector.  With such a complex challenge in skilling the future workforce, Fiona remains determined that the support and retention of experienced female talent is a Women in Data® priority, and this will go a long way to tackle gender parity in data & tech overall.  When not at work you will find Fiona walking and travelling in the UK and beyond, as well as developing some of the new skills she picked up in the last few years.

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Taking the LEAP Into Leadership in the AI World

2024-09-19 · Big Data LDN 2024

Face To Face

with Roisin McCarthy (Women in Data®) , Fiona Sweeney , Payal Jain (Women in Data®)

AI/ML

In a world where Artificial Intelligence is the new normal, interpersonal skills like critical thinking, persuasion and emotional intelligence will sit alongside the traditional skillset of the data leader as businesses are now scaling and monetising their AI initiatives.

Organisations must ensure that their leadership is balanced to avoid bias and ensure relevance to the customer, and the leader of the future will be the linchpin to ensure that the opportunity from AI is realised. o how should businesses nurture emerging leaders to ensure that they are developing and retaining top talent in an age of acute skills shortage and salary inflation?

And how can future leaders equip themselves with the right skills and networks to build sustainable careers right up to the C-suite?

Join this panel of experts as they discuss the future of leadership in a world where artificial intelligence is central to decision making and why getting it right is a business imperative.