Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker at GenAI/Technology Risk & Audit Committee Oversight for WCD

Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Data Scientist of Numerati^® Partners and Independent Director of the Credit Suisse Funds, was invited to speak at the WCD Webinar on GenAI/Technology Risk & Audit Committee Oversight, on March 18, 2025.

The panel sought to provide an in-depth overview of board and audit committee oversight of technology risk, and was moderated by Allison Downey, Partner at KPMG. Samantha’s fellow panelists were Sonita Lontoh, Director of Sunrun Inc., TrueBlue Inc., Sway Ventures; and Swami Chandrasekeran, Principal, Head of AI & Data Labs, KPMG.

Women Corporate Directors (WCD) is a 501(c)(3) foundation, and is the largest membership organization of women corporate board directors serving on over 8,500 public and private boards globally.

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