Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker on Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management: Considerations for Fund Boards for Independent Directors Council

Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Data Scientist of Numerati^® Partners and Independent Director/Trustee of Credit Suisse Funds, was invited to speak at the 2023 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Fund Directors Conference in Chicago on October 11-13, 2023.  The Independent Directors Council (IDC) represents independent directors and trustees who serve on the boards of mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds and other registered investment companies.

Samantha joined a panel entitled Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management: Considerations for Fund Boards, moderated by Jennifer Murphy, Independent Director, Putnam Funds. Fellow panelists were: Nathan Briggs, Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Deep Ratna Srivastav, SVP, Head of AI and Digital Transformation, Franklin Templeton.

Samantha Kappagoda is Chief Data Scientist 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, Nominating Committee Chair, and Audit Committee Member of Credit Suisse 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.