10 heads of data in Banking
Heads of data in banking based in Oslo, Paris, Poznan, Mumbai, Singapore, Kuwait and Jakarta are part of this group, and eight are current chief data officers at banks including DNB, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered and DBS Bank. Their routes into the job range from a CISO seat, a CIO role and heads of anti-fraud and credit cards to a CDO post at Santander Nordics, which helps a bank deciding where data should sit and what it should own.
Professionals to explore
Aileen Tania Tanujaya
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer & Head of Transformation · DBS Bank
Using data for fraud, card and consumer lending decisions is the fit for Aileen Tania Tanujaya, who is based in Jakarta and has been Chief Data Officer & Head of Transformation at DBS Bank since August 2019, after Head of Anti Fraud (2019) and Head of Credit Card (2017–2019) there. Tanujaya was Head of Consumer Finance (2016–2017) and Head of Portfolio Management and Segmentation (2008–2016) at ANZ.
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Akshey Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Data Officer · Bandhan Bank
From 2022 to 2025, Akshey Gupta was Chief Data Officer at Bandhan Bank, after Head - Data Engineering & Tech Centre Head at Axis Bank (2019–2022), and describes leading transformations across core banking, data platforms, AI/ML, cloud modernization, fraud prevention and regulatory compliance. Gupta was VP (Chief Data Office) at Deutsche Bank (2016–2019) and has been a self-employed Data & Technology Transformation Advisor since November 2025.
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Binit Jha
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · IDBI Bank
Binit Jha has been Chief Data Officer at IDBI Bank since January 2025, paired with Head of Analytics & AI, providing vision, strategy and execution for all data-related activities of the bank. Jha was Executive Director at Morgan Stanley (2022–2024), Director at UBS (2017–2022), AVP at Bank of America (2008–2017) and a Developer at Lehman Brothers (2006–2008).
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Daniel Germain
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · BNP Paribas
Daniel Germain has been Chief Data Officer at BNP Paribas since June 2016, after a decade as DSI CIO at BNP Paribas (2006–2016). Germain was a Project Executive at IBM (2003) and a HelpDesk manager and consultant at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (1997–1999), so the CIO-to-CDO move makes Germain a fit for questions on splitting data responsibilities from IT at a bank.
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Gustavo Pilatti
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Data Officer · BNP Paribas Personal Finance
A data estate with "shadow databases, SAS, local repositories" and no clear accountability is what Lisbon-based Gustavo Pilatti describes arriving to as Chief Data Officer at BNP Paribas Personal Finance (2023–2026). Pilatti has been a Professor at FIA Business School - Labdata since 2022 and an Expert and Mentor at Itaú Unibanco since 2021, and was Data Enablement Lead at Bose Corporation (2023).
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Isabel Barroso-Gomez
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · DNB
At DNB, Isabel Barroso-Gomez has been Chief Data Officer since February 2025, a role their LinkedIn profile gives as EVP/Chief Data Officer, after Chief Data Officer at Santander Nordics (2020–2025), and names securing the crossing of data and compliance as a key delivery. Barroso-Gomez was Head of Data Capitalization and Governance at Fremtind (2019–2020), Head of Data Governance at SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS (2017–2020) and IT Director BI, CRM and MDM at Circle K (2015–2017).
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Lamya Barrak Altabtebai
LinkedInExperience: Group Chief Data Officer · Kuwait Finance House
Group data strategy and its link to IT architecture suit Lamya Barrak Altabtebai, Group Chief Data Officer at Kuwait Finance House since August 2024, after Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Ahli United Bank - Kuwait (2022–2024). Altabtebai was DGM IT Strategy and Architecture at Kuwait Finance House (2016–2021) and DGM Corporate Support and Head of IT at KIB (2003–2015).
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Marcin Mikołajczak
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · Santander Bank Polska
Data platform and warehouse questions fit Marcin Mikołajczak, Chief Data Officer at Santander Bank Polska since May 2019 and Head Of Department there since 2016, who also describes the role as Head of Data Platforms. Mikołajczak was Manager, Corporate Data Warehouse Department at Santander Bank Polska (2016) and Senior Business Team Manager (2014–2016) and Backend & Middleware Team Leader (2011–2014) at Roche.
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Milind Zodge
LinkedInExperience: Chief Data Officer · EverBank
Milind Zodge has been Chief Data Officer at EverBank since September 2025, leading enterprise data and AI transformation and overseeing data engineering, architecture and AI/ML, and lists GenAI governance and data mesh among their focus areas. Zodge was Director, Principal Data Engineer at The Hartford (2019–2025), Chief Data Officer at AvantLink (2015–2019) and Co-Founder & CTO of PurePredictive, Inc. (2012–2015).
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Shebani Baweja
LinkedInExperience: Group Chief Data Officer · Standard Chartered
Based in Singapore, Shebani Baweja has been Group Chief Data Officer at Standard Chartered since June 2026, after Interim Group Chief Data Officer (2026) and CISO, Consumer, Private, Wealth & Business Banking (2023–2026). Baweja was also Head, ICS Adoption and Execution, Consumer, Private and Business Banking (2021–2023) and Global Product Owner, ICS (2019–2021), a fit for questions where data and cyber security overlap.
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Choose the right perspective
Governance and compliance questions fit Isabel Barroso-Gomez and Gustavo Pilatti, whose roles centre on data ownership and compliance. For platforms and engineering, ask Marcin Mikołajczak, Milind Zodge or Akshey Gupta; for data tied to security or fraud, Shebani Baweja or Aileen Tania Tanujaya; for how data relates to IT, Daniel Germain or Lamya Barrak Altabtebai; Binit Jha pairs data with analytics and AI.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Should a bank's chief data officer report to the CEO, the CIO or the COO, and what changes with each choice?
- 02How do you assign data ownership at a bank where shadow databases and local repositories have grown up across teams?
- 03Which data platforms or products should a new bank CDO deliver in the first year to win support from the business lines?
About this directory
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