Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker on AI: Opportunities and Potential Risks at PCCE Directors’ Academy
Samantha Kappagoda, Co-Managing Member of Numerati Partners and Independent Director/Trustee of Credit Suisse Mutual Funds was invited to speak at the 2023 PCCE Directors’ Academy at NYU School of Law on September 21-22, 2023. The annual PCCE Directors’ Academy seeks to provide public company directors with the opportunity to engage directly with C-suite leaders and experienced board members, covering cutting-edge issues and providing in-depth analysis.
Samantha Kappagoda joined a panel entitled AI: Opportunities and Potential Risks, moderated by Joseph Facciponti, Executive Director, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE). Fellow panelists were:
- Avi Gesser, Partner, Debevoise and Plimpton
- Christina Montgomery, Chief Privacy and Trust Officer, IBM
- Matthew Merritt, Vice President of Global IT Risk, Royal Bank of Canada

Samantha Kappagoda is Co-Managing Member and and Co-Founder of Numerati Partners LLC, and Visiting Scholar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU, advising research activities at RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics @ Courant Institute. She also currently serves as an Independent Director / Trustee, Member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Nominating Committee of Credit Suisse Mutual Funds, which are comprised of two closed-end funds (NYSE: DHY and CIK) and six open-end funds investing in commodity, quantitative and high yield and credit strategies.