Francesco Fersini

Francesco Fersini

Head of Data Platform and Governance UBS
Francesco Fersini

Conference Day 1

3:30 PM Panel Discussion: Maintaining Trust, Security and Control as Data Products, Self Service and AI Scale

As data products, self service access, and AI adoption expand, governance complexity increases significantly. This panel brings together data, governance, and risk leaders to discuss how governance models evolve to support scale, automation, and regulatory pressure while still enabling teams to deliver at pace.

 Scaling governance across products, platforms, and AI workloads
 Aligning data, risk, and compliance teams around shared objectives
 Maintaining trust and control as data usage expands

4:30 PM Presentation: Speed Without Sacrifice: Balancing Governance and Delivery in UBS's Data Product Platform

UBS operates across a highly complex data environment, with multiple platforms, regulatory requirements, and teams spanning over 100+ countries. Here the challenge is not access, but how quickly governed, usable data can be delivered. Francesco, Product Lead of Data and Governance Platform at UBS, shares how his team is evolving their data product and platform approach to address this. Rather than introducing more process, the focus has been on simplifying and adapting workflows, improving discoverability, and using AI to support how data products are built and consumed. This includes early work towards an agent-enabled data platform, where complexity is reduced and teams are guided through the creation and use of data products in a more structured way.


 Balancing delivery speed and governance by refining processes and embedding guidance into data product development
 Improving discoverability and accessibility so teams can find, understand, and use data products at scale
 Using AI and agent-based support to simplify platform complexity and support more efficient data product creation