Speakers

Professional and Industry Experience
Leanne is a Partner at KPMG in the UK, where she is the Head of AI, Advisory. With over 20 years of consulting experience, her proficiency encompasses a comprehensive range of data disciplines, including Data Architecture, Data Strategy, Data Management and Governance, as well as Advanced Analytics, AI and AI Ethics. Leanne excels in bridging the gap between business and IT stakeholders, ensuring seamless communication and understanding. Her adeptness in solving intricate technical challenges, coupled with her strategic foresight, has been instrumental in designing and leading the implementation of complex data-driven solutions. As the spearhead of Ethical AI initiatives at KPMG UK, Leanne is committed to fostering responsible AI practices that align with ethical standards and societal values.

Representative AI related Engagements.

• Advisor to KPMG governance framework and ethical guardrails for delivery of a number of UK and Global GenAI tools
• Lead an Excel to Python GenAI proposition for efficiency gains within Insurance Actuarial functions significantly accelerating the reduction in EUCs and driving 99% increase in operational efficiencies.
• Lead over the MRM review for a UK insurer.
• Lead AI strategy and operating model for a UK building society
• Lead AI strategy, use case prioritization and roadmap development for the COO office of a global asset manager
• Lead the SME content and delivery of 6 module AI ethics course for a HE institution
• Leading a complex modernisation delivery for a global commercial insurer modernising infrastructure and applications in MS Azure environment to enable increased scalability and efficiency in core e2e underwriting operations.
• Led the business case for a data and AI strategy for a global commercial insurer.
• Led the design and delivery of a data and AI ethics training session for a large Singapore bank’s board members.
• Led a programme supporting data ethics policy options and risk framework for the insurance and re-insurance sector.
• Data and AI ethics SME drafting a publicly released report for a large Fintech company
• Led the generation of Data Ethics principles for Financial services for an industry trade body
• Content design and training delivery of  Data ethics for Big data and AI training programme for a large global Tier 1 bank
• Designed and delivered data management and governance training for Tier 2 bank
• Data Risk including AI risks SME delivery of a global risk management training programme for a global Tier 1 Bank.
• Led the data risk management Internal Audit co-sourced engagement for a UK bank
• SME review of a data and AI ethics framework for an insurer
• Led a use case driven assessment across actuarial and finance business processes at a large GI identifying areas for value adding improvements including standadisation, automation, data management & governance, right tools for job and seeking additional data for data insights forming the basis for an immediate data strategy.