Ime Akpan

Ime Akpan

Head of Data Engineering Vanguard
Ime Akpan

Conference Day One - Tuesday 14 March

2:30 PM Presentation: AI-Ready by Design: Building Trusted Data Foundations at Vanguard

As the AI conversation heats up in financial services, many firms are being forced to pause and rebuild their data foundations - ensuring their infrastructure, products, and pipelines are genuinely fit for intelligent systems. At Vanguard, Ime leads the UK and Europe data engineering team, driving initiatives to make data AI-ready, not just technically, but operationally and culturally. This session highlights how collaborative data products and governance frameworks are creating AI-ready systems.

• Defining “AI-ready”: from governed access to curated, user-centric data products

• Embedding feedback loops: working directly with business units to co-develop solutions

• Aligning teams through literacy: speaking the language of finance, not just data

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Ime.

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