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Akinola Ogunnaike

London

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A highly experienced and results-oriented Data Management Leader with a strong consulting background, specializing in the design, implementation, and oversight of global data governance frameworks and master data management programs. Proven ability to drive data-driven decision-making, establish data management best practices, and foster a data-driven culture across diverse organizations. Expertise in aligning data strategies with business objectives, influencing stakeholders at all levels, and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Data Governance and Quality Manager

Twilio Telecommunications
London
03.2024 - 04.2025
  • Directed data governance initiatives, establishing comprehensive strategies and frameworks that improved compliance with policies by 30%.
  • Rolled out enterprise-wide data governance frameworks enhancing data quality and protecting sensitive data.
  • Led data discovery across domains, collaborating with teams to build and maintain data catalogs using Informatica, alongside metadata and master data management processes.
  • Define roles and responsibilities for data governance, ensuring clear accountability for data stewardship and the integration of data governance into business-as-usual (BAU) processes.
  • Served as a liaison between IT, Data Science, and Analytics teams to ensure that data-related business requirements for data protection were clearly defined, communicated, and prioritized in strategic planning and operations.
  • Facilitated the development and adoption of data quality standards across the organization.
  • Design and implement a comprehensive master data governance strategy aligned with the organization's goals and objectives.
  • Identify and define roles and responsibilities for data stewards and data owners across the organization and provide guidance on their duties in managing and maintaining data assets.
  • Facilitate meetings of the data governance council or steering committee, consisting of key stakeholders from various departments, to make decisions on data governance policies and initiatives.
  • Create and maintain data governance policies, standards, and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance across the organization.
  • Continuously evaluate and refine data governance processes and practices based on feedback, lessons learned, and emerging industry trends.
  • Establish processes for monitoring and improving data quality, including data profiling, cleansing, and enrichment.
  • Promote data governance best practices, raising awareness among stakeholders, and providing training and support as needed.
  • Establish and maintain a data governance roadmap to support current and future organizational needs.
  • Establish metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of data governance initiatives and regularly report progress to senior management.
  • Identify and mitigate risks associated with master data governance, including data breaches, unauthorized access, and non-compliance.

Data Governance Manager

Slaughter and May Law Firm
12.2022 - 03.2024
  • Led enterprise data governance program, strategy development and roll out by determining requirements and prioritizing development of new enterprise-wide principles, policies, processes, and best practices as needed for information governance.
  • Developed an operating model for the data governance program, engaging 15 stakeholders and establishing clear roles and responsibilities.
  • Implemented a stewardship model, engaging 25 subject matter experts to ensure accountability for critical data assets within 10 community domains.
  • Established Data Stewardship framework to create metadata, data standards, and manage other data assets Ensured Data Quality Monitoring and remediation through framework.
  • Established automated workflow processes and threshold measures, enhancing data governance oversight for 100+ critical data elements.
  • Foster a data-driven culture within the organization by promoting the value of master data governance and encouraging collaboration and accountability among stakeholders.
  • Oversee the management of metadata to ensure that data assets are properly documented, understood, and utilized.
  • Collaborate with data owners and compliance teams to establish data security and privacy policies and controls to protect sensitive data.
  • Lead cross-functional working groups focused on governance and data quality initiatives.
  • Support data governance initiatives, such as data governance platforms, data catalogs, and metadata repositories.
  • Stay informed of emerging trends and technologies in data governance to recommend enhancements.
  • Establish and maintain a comprehensive data governance program and integrate it into organizational processes from strategic planning to tactical activities.
  • Define and lead governance initiatives, identify organizational challenges, develop business cases, and design conceptual solutions for existing and new data management practices.
  • Collaborate with department heads in the development of data governance policies and procedures.
  • Evangelize data governance concepts internally and externally to obtain buy-in and drive industry best practices.
  • Coordinate across matrix resources to execute governance reviews, changes, and implementation.

Data Management Lead

HSBC Banking Group
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Liaised with data owners and consumers to enforce data governance processes, managing data issues and updating data catalogs.
  • Engaged with business stakeholders, data owners and data stewards to establish data quality framework.
  • Registered new datasets in CyberSecurity & Analytics Data Catalogue.
  • Led initiatives for resolving data quality issues (e.g Data cleansing, controls, business rules).
  • Helped to mentor and educate in house team members and external stakeholders to evangelize new Data Governance concepts, policies and standards.
  • Collaborated with CyberSecurity & Analytics technical teams to get checks, tests, dashboards implemented.
  • Captured, triaged, and tracked Data Quality (DQ) issues ensuring compliance with standard HSBC Data Management and Data Integrity controls.
  • Documented physical data elements in Catalogue, and maintained traceability from sources to published data sets through CyberSecurity & Analytics applications Integrity controls.

Data Governance Manager

Wejo Automobile Data LTD
05.2020 - 01.2022
  • Engaged with Business Stakeholders, Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish data quality framework.
  • Developing and maintaining Business Glossary.
  • Engaged with Business Stakeholders, Data Owners, and Data Stewards to establish a data quality framework, leveraging SQL for data analysis and validation.
  • Developed and maintained a Business Glossary, using SQL queries to extract metadata and ensure data consistency.
  • Designed and implemented a data governance ownership model, utilizing SQL for data lineage tracking and enforcing governance controls.
  • Worked with technology teams to align Informatica tooling with data governance regulations, incorporating SQL-based validation and automation of data quality checks.
  • Led the development of a comprehensive MDM strategy, using SQL for deduplication, standardization, and golden record creation, achieving a 50% reduction in data inconsistencies.

Data Governance Analyst

Allianz Insurance
05.2018 - 11.2020
  • Worked with the head of customer and product domains to establish scalable data management strategy.
  • Performed an organization-wide discovery and data audits to identify data assets, ownership, and usage.
  • Delivered an enterprise business glossary showing critical data elements, definitions, and ownership.
  • Owned and maintained the business glossary.
  • Established and embedded a data governance ownership model with defined roles and responsibilities.
  • Established a data governance council to enforce standards, resolve issues, and address data quality with data stewards and technology teams.
  • Developed data governance policies and standards and drove adoption across the organization.
  • Worked with Technology teams to ensure that the Enterprise Data Architecture is fit for purpose and in line with data governance requirements.

Education

Data Management and Governance Certification -

Berkeley Data Strategists
London

Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Management

Olabisi Onabanjo University
Nigeria

Skills

  • Data Governance Framework Implementation
  • Data Quality Framework Implementation
  • Master Data Management
  • Metadata Management
  • Data Strategy Implementation
  • Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
  • Information Governance
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Jira & Confluence)
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Collaboration
  • Data Protection Regulations (US & Europe)
  • Data Management Operating Models
  • Enterprise Data Transformation
  • Data Ethics
  • Risk and Compliance
  • Data Literacy and Advocacy
  • People and process management
  • Data Catalogs (Colibra, Informatica, Alation)
  • BCBS239 Implementation

Certification

  • Data Governance and Privacy Certification - Informatica
  • AI Security and Governance Certification - Securiti
  • Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) London Governance and Compliance Agency PrivacyOps Certification - Securiti

Timeline

Data Governance and Quality Manager

Twilio Telecommunications
03.2024 - 04.2025

Data Governance Manager

Slaughter and May Law Firm
12.2022 - 03.2024

Data Management Lead

HSBC Banking Group
01.2022 - 12.2022

Data Governance Manager

Wejo Automobile Data LTD
05.2020 - 01.2022

Data Governance Analyst

Allianz Insurance
05.2018 - 11.2020

Data Management and Governance Certification -

Berkeley Data Strategists

Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Management

Olabisi Onabanjo University

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