Catherine Louisy-Louis

Formerly SVP, Director, US Data Governance
Mizuho

Catherine is the Director and Data Governance Head for Mizuho Americas. She has 15 years of experience in data management and data governance. Prior to this role, Catherine developed the Chief Data Officer role at Citi Wealth Management Investments and Asset Management. She started her career in financial services as a management consultant and later joined Citigroup where she spearheaded numerous large-scale change management projects in data analytics, data management and data governance spanning the wealth management, payments and asset management groups.

Prior to joining the banking industry, Catherine was an innovation and advanced engineering consultant and led applied research projects and delivered complex solutions while working at the R&D laboratories of leading Fortune 500 Global multinational corporations, including Japan based NEC Corporation, and France-based automobile manufacturer Renault and defense leader Thalès Group.

Catherine has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Design Engineering from Centrale Nantes in France, an MBA in Finance and Investments from the Zicklin School of Business and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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Mastering Data Strategy and Data Quality to Remain Competitive

Saturday, October 7th, 2017

09:25 CDO Panel Discussion |Galvanizing Change at the Enterprise Level, The Role of the CDO as a Strategic Business Partner

The only product financial institutions have is data and everything the company does is in support of data. Now that many have built programs in compliance with regulations, how is the office of the CDO helping to support the broader business beyond box checking? How do you position services that are universally understandable and for people to consume them? How is the data management function aligning with strategic growth efforts? What is the CDO expected to produce or be as a strategic business partner? What actions provide the most benefit to the firm? What is the future of the CDO?
Hear from those in the Office of the CDO weigh in on:
• How programs are organizing to manage data between technology and the business
• What the data management function can deliver outside of the business from an innovation perspective
• How to keep messages clear and crisp and ensure the executive team understands how you’re changing outcomes