What makes a strong Chief Data Officer?

“The CDO is the custodial role, managing the framework of control for data is cared about” — Graham Smith, Chief Data Officer, Royal Bank of Scotland

“Leading the strategy of where the business should be and potentially challenging the existing model to be better” — Matthew Keylock, Chief Data Officer, Dunnhumby

“To lead strategic thinking around the role analytics should play in our future digital journey” — Paul Turton, Chief Data Architect, HM Revenue & Customs

“Some CDOs tend to focus upon one element of the of the role more heavily: data governance, strategy, data quality, risk, security; but there is a need for broader understanding of data application” — Craig Milroy, Chief Data Officer, TD Bank

“To be an orchestrator of data management systems” — John Bottega, EDM Council, former Chief Data Officer for Bank of America and Federal Reserve Bank

“Data is dry; it is hard to sell the business case. The CDO needs clout and must have gravitas in order to communicate well to stakeholder and sell ideas, more than a data ‘geek’ or change agent” — Karthik Rajaraman, Head of Data Projects, Standard Charted

“Mining our data asset for the benefit of our customer” — Orlando Machado, Head of Customer Science, MoneySupermarket.com

“The CDO is responsible for introducing frameworks and structure to her organization for process, (re: data) to allow optimization of performance, minimise waste; to maximise efficiency using data as a level” — Christiane Kiria Macedo, Chief Process Officer, Deutsche Bank

“The role is to create the mission of the data management office: Stewardship of data within BB&T; including quality, governance and regulation in accordance with achieving the strategic business objectives” — James Tyo, Chief Data Officer, BB&T