Olu Akinyede

Data Privacy, Data Governance and AI Ethics Aviva

Olu brings interdisciplinary depth to the ethical design, use and governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A Fellow of Information Privacy and a certified AI Governance Professional (AIGP), he leads a data privacy team at Aviva, where he drives the practical implementation of enterprise-wide Ethical AI and privacy standards across cross-functional teams. He holds a postgraduate degree in Data and AI Ethics equipping him with formal ethical-reasoning techniques to navigate complex AI governance challenges. He works at the intersection of data privacy, AI ethics, and AI governance, translating abstract principles into repeatable, delivery-ready practices that teams can execute. Olu was a contributing author to the Alan Turing Institute's report on generative AI model risk management in financial services, and has served as a reviewer for ISACA's Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) manual and their Ethical Perspectives in AI course. He has delivered training on AI ethics and spoken on the challenges organisations face embedding AI ethics.