Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker on InHuman Capital: AI, the Workplace and the Board at Character of the Corporation
Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Data Scientist of Numerati® Partners and Independent Director / Trustee of Credit Suisse Funds, was invited to speak at the Director & Boards’ Character of the Corporation Conference in New York City on November 20, 2024.
Samantha participated in a panel entitled Inhuman Capital: AI, the Workplace and the Board, was moderated by John Bremen, Managing Director, Willis Towers Watson. Her fellow panelist were:
- Michael Chertoff, Former U.S. Secretary, Homeland Security; Advisor, American Bar Association Artificial Intelligence Task Force
- Valerie Mosley, Director, DraftKings, Eaton Vance and Envestnet
Character of the Corporation focuses on the critical issues of shareholder and stakeholder governance from the board perspective. This conference addresses corporate versus board mission and scope, and how to balance the interests of various stakeholders while maintaining the core corporate governance objectives.
Directors & Boards is a leading publication focused on corporate governance and board-management best practices. MLR Media, the publisher of Directors & Boards, provides public and private company directors, leaders and owners of multi-generational family businesses and C-suite executives with knowledge and skills to be successful in their roles. Samantha Kappagoda was recently included in Directors & Boards 2024 “Directors to Watch.”
Samantha Kappagoda 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, and a Member of the Business Board of the Governing Council at the University of Toronto. She is also Chief Data Scientist and Co-Managing Member 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..
