Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker on AI Governance for the Institute of Directors

Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Data Scientist of Numerati^® Partners and Independent Director of the Credit Suisse Funds, was invited to speak at the Institute of Directors UK (IoD) / Diligent webinar on Artificial Intelligence on May 20, 2025. She participated on a panel titled Generative AI Governance: A Guide for UK SMEs, moderated by Dr. Roger Barker, Director of Corporate Governance Policy for IoD. Samantha’s fellow panelists were Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of Diligent Institute and Dr. Erin Young, Director of Innovation and Technology Policy for IoD.

Samantha is frequently invited to speak on governance topics, and recently also participated as a panelist at the Diligent AI Innovations Visionary Forum earlier this month in New York, as well as the Diligent AI Virtual Summit in April 2025.

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.