Ime Akpan

Head of Data Engineering Vanguard

An eminent figure at the forefront of Data and Web technologies. Ime has played a pivotal role in the modernisation of Mobile Payment solutions in East Africa including MPesa, AirtelMoney and Orange. Ime is an EY alum, working in Tax, Technology & Transformation and is currently the Head of Data Engineering at Vanguard UK. Throughout is 25+ year career, Ime has enjoyed mentoring and coaching professionals at various stages throughout their career and is a strong advocate of increasing representation in data and technology.

Conference Day One - Tuesday 14th April

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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