Samantha Kappagoda served as faculty on Lessons in AI Integrity: Algorithmic Bias and Data Privacy for the Diligent Education Library and Blog. In this session, Samantha covered several topics including governance structures for technology adoption, approaches for data privacy, as well as algorithmic bias, privacy, risk mitigation, human capital and corporate culture. Samantha’s segment can be viewed here.
Samantha Kappagoda’s Faculty Contribution to the Diligent Education Library
Samantha’s session for the Diligent Education Library represents an evergreen contribution to board director education on AI integrity, covering algorithmic bias, data integrity, privacy, and the governance structures that make responsible AI adoption sustainable. Her perspective, combining active board directorship with operating depth as Chief Data Scientist and published AI governance author, offers Diligent’s director audience content that is technically informed and directly applicable to their oversight responsibilities. The session is available on demand at the Diligent website.
Samantha previously participated as a panelist at the following events associated with Diligent:
- Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise: Data Breach Scenario | When AI Attacks: Diligent Institute/NYSE NextGen Board Leaders Summit, June 2025
- Generative AI Governance: A Guide for UK SMEs: Diligent Institute and Institute of Directors UK, May 2025
- AI is Reshaping Your Role in the Boardroom: Are You Prepared? Diligent AI Innovations Visionary Forum, May 2025
- AI in Corporate Governance: What Do Boards Need to Know Now: Diligent AI Virtual Summit, 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, 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, Society for Corporate Governance 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.
