In-Person

UK & Ireland CDAO Community

Inner Circle

5 March 2026 | 87 Barts Close, London

5 March 2026
87 Barts Close, London

Collaborate with your peers

Join UK & Ireland's top CDAOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:

Establishing the CDAO as an influential and strategic leader

Understanding how to articulate the value and quantify impact of D&A and AI investments

Becoming a visionary driver of business outcomes

UK & Ireland CDAO Governing Body

The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CDAOs, For CDAOs™.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Murtz Daud

British Gas
Director of Data & AI

Christine Kemp

Jaguar Land Rover
Chief Data and AI Officer

Miryem Salah

Vodafone Group
Head of Data, Digital, Transformation & IT Hubs

Agenda

5 March 2026

16:30 - 17:30  Executive Networking Reception

17:30 - 18:30  Discussion Topics

The Strategic CDAO — Leading with Vision, Influence and Impact


CDAOs today face increasingly complex challenges both inside and outside their organisations. Externally, they contend with market disruptions, technological advancements, and evolving regulatory environments. Internally, they are establishing themselves as strategic leaders, driving business results, and quantifying returns on data and analytics investments.


Join this session to explore how CDAOs can balance these demands and position themselves as key figures in guiding organisations toward sustained growth and competitive advantage.


  • Have you successfully linked AI success to foundational investments in data and analytics?
  • How can organisations effectively measure and communicate the business impact and ROI of their data, analytics, and AI projects? What strategies help articulate and quantify the value of these investments?
  • What is your collaboration like with other C-suite and senior executives?
  • How do you focus on the non-technical skills required for your role, such as vision, empathy, and influence?
  • What strategies do you use to balance D&A and AI innovation and growth with constraints like compliance, ethics and cost?
  • How have you articulated the value proposition of data initiatives to secure sustained funding and alignment with senior leadership?


18:30 - 19:00  Networking Break

19:00 - 20:30  Summary Discussion & Dinner

20:30 - 21:30  Social Hour

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

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Lindsay McKenzie Campbell

Community Programme Manager

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