Samantha Kappagoda was invited to speak at the webinar Artificial Intelligence: What Boards Need to Know, hosted by Women in the Boardroom on December 2, 2024. This webinar was moderated by Howard Brownstein, President of Brownstein Corporation. Samantha’s fellow panelists were:
- Lara Druyan, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Data Capital; Board Member, CIBC US
- Divya Joshi, Principal, Data & AI Strategy, Thoughtworks
Samantha’s Contribution to the Panel
Samantha Kappagoda’s participation in the Artificial Intelligence: What Boards Need to Know webinar reflects the distinctive value she brings to AI governance discussions: direct board experience as an active director and nominating committee chair, operating fluency in AI and data risk developed across Fortune 500 engagements, and macroeconomic risk discipline from a global macro investing environment. For an audience of current and aspiring directors, her perspective on what boards need to know about AI is grounded not in theory but in the governance and risk management responsibilities she exercises in practice.
Since 2002, Women in the Boardroom (WiB) has provided expertise and assistance for women to secure corporate board positions, including exclusive programs such as the Matchmaking Program™ and the Annual Board Assembly.
About Samantha Kappagoda
Samantha Kappagoda is a board director and technology strategist who brings a distinctive blend of capital markets judgment, AI governance and data strategy expertise to complex, regulated environments. Her boardroom perspective leverages her operating experience — in data, analytics and technology — to navigate emerging opportunities, drive value and mitigate risk.
Samantha currently serves as Board Director, Nominating & Governance Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member at the Credit Suisse Funds, now under UBS (NYSE: UBS), and a Member of the Governing Council Business Board at the University of Toronto. She also serves as Chief Data Scientist and Co-Founder of Numerati® Partners LLC, a RiskTech firm, and Visiting Scholar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
Recognized as a Director to Watch by Directors & Boards magazine, Samantha is an active contributor at governance forums in USA and Canada, addressing AI and data governance, cybersecurity, financial markets and global macroeconomic trends at Independent Directors Council, NACD Summit, NYU Directors’ Academy, Private Directors Association and WGOB Canada. Samantha has been awarded the Certificate in Private Company Governance from the Private Directors Association, and has also completed the Harvard Business School Program Making Corporate Boards More Effective. For additional information, please see Samantha’s biography, recent news and conferences & events.
