Samantha Kappagoda was invited to speak at the NED On Board Cyber Scenario and Board Best Practices webinar on June 10, 2025. NED On Board is a UK based membership organization serving sitting and aspiring Non-Executive Directors. Samantha is a regular participant in governance forums, speaking on AI and data governance, cybersecurity, and financial market volatility and global economic trends.
Samantha Kappagoda’s Contribution at the NED On Board Cyber Webinar
Samantha’s contribution to the NED On Board cybersecurity webinar drew on her concurrent roles as a sitting board director, Chief Data Scientist, and governance faculty member to address the practical cyber oversight responsibilities of Non-Executive Directors in the UK governance context. Her perspective, grounded in scenario-based experience, technical operating depth, and active international governance engagement, offered the NED On Board audience technically informed and directly applicable observations on cybersecurity governance oversight for Non-Executive Directors.
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, Canada and UK, 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, Institute of Directors UK, 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.
