Samantha Kappagoda was invited to speak on AI at the Institute of Directors UK (IoD) / Diligent webinar on May 20, 2025. She participated in a panel titled Generative AI Governance: A Guide for UK SMEs, moderated by Dr. Roger Barker, Director of Corporate Governance Policy for IoD. Samantha’s fellow panelists were Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of Diligent Institute and Dr. Erin Young, Director of Innovation and Technology Policy for IoD.
Samantha Kappagoda’s Contribution at the Institute of Directors UK Webinar
Samantha’s contribution to the Institute of Directors UK generative AI governance webinar reflected her ability to address AI governance challenges across company sizes, regulatory environments, and jurisdictions. Her perspective, grounded in active board service, published thought leadership, and operating depth in data science across middle-market and Fortune 500 contexts, offered the IoD UK audience of SME directors a framework for AI governance that is both principled and practical, and directly applicable to the resource constraints and regulatory environment faced by UK SME boards.
Samantha recently participated as a panelist at the Diligent AI Innovations Visionary Forum earlier this month in New York, as well as the Diligent AI Virtual Summit in April 2025.
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, 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 NYU Directors’ Academy, NACD Master Class on Technology and Innovation Oversight and Diligent Institute, 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.
