Samantha Kappagoda served as faculty at the Diligent AI Innovations Virtual Summit on April 30, 2025. She participated in a session titled AI in Corporate Governance: What Do Boards Need to Know Now? The panel sought to explore a range of topics related to AI and Data Governance, including what directors need to know about AI oversight, emerging risks, and potential changes in board governance. The session was moderated by Nithya Das, Chief Legal Officer at Diligent, and Samantha’s fellow faculty member was Pauline Norstrom, CEO Anekanta AI and Anekanta Consulting.
Samantha Kappagoda’s Contribution at the Diligent AI Innovations Summit
Samantha’s faculty role at the Diligent AI Innovations Summit reflects her standing as board director whose perspective on AI oversight is grounded in active board service, published thought leadership, and operating depth in data science. Her contribution addressed practical knowledge requirements, emerging risk, and governance changes that AI requires in corporate boards, offering the Diligent audience of directors and governance professionals technically informed and directly applicable observations. To watch Samantha’s comments, please visit Diligent AI Innovations Virtual Summit.
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/Academic at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
Recognized as a Director to Watch, Samantha is the author of Board Governance of AI & Emerging Technologies, in Directors & Boards magazine. She is an active contributor at governance forums in USA and Canada, addressing AI and data governance, cybersecurity, financial markets and global macroeconomic trends. She has served as faculty at the NACD Master Class on Technology and Innovation Oversight and at NYU Directors’ Academy, and been an invited panelist at conferences including Character of the Corporation, Corporate Board Member, Independent Directors Council, NACD Summit, 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.
