Samantha Kappagoda was Featured in A Pulse Check on AI in the Boardroom
Samantha Kappagoda was featured in A Pulse Check on AI in the Boardroom by Diligent Institute and Corporate Board Member. With Generative AI catalyzing change, corporate boards are more focused on AI governance. This white paper reports the results of the August 2025 Director Confidence Index polling on AI Governance by Diligent Institute and Corporate Board Member, and also featured comments from Samantha and Keith Enright, Partner at Gibson Dunn.
Samantha is frequently invited to speak on governance topics, and previously served as a panelist at the following events associated with Diligent Institute and Corporate Board Member:
- Lessons in AI Integrity| Algorithmic Bias and Data Integrity : Diligent Education Library and Blog, July 2025
- Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise: Data Breach Scenario | When AI Attacks: Diligent Institute/NYSE NextGen Board Leaders Summit, June 2025
- Generative AI Governance: A Guide for UK SMEs: Diligent Institute and Institute of Directors UK, May 2025
- AI is Reshaping Your Role in the Boardroom: Are You Prepared? Diligent AI Innovations Visionary Forum, May 2025
- AI in Corporate Governance: What Do Boards Need to Know Now: Diligent AI Virtual Summit, April 2025
- Offense Versus Defense: What is or Should be your AI Strategy?: Corporate Board Member Directors Form, March 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.
