Samantha Kappagoda was a Speaker on AI in the Boardroom at the Boardroom Summit and Committee Peer Exchange
Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Data Scientist of Numerati® Partners and Independent Director of the Credit Suisse Funds was a speaker on governance of AI in the boardroom at the Corporate Board Member Boardroom Summit and Board Committee Peer Exchange, held in Washington DC on September 18 and 19, 2025.
Samantha participated in the plenary panel titled AI in the Boardroom: Defining Oversight, Accountability and Strategic Value, with fellow panelists Keith Enright, Senior Partner at Gibson Dunn and Board Member, ZoomInfo, and Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of Diligent Institute. The panel covered a range of topics including the following:
- Integrating AI oversight across committees
- Considering broader risk and regulatory issues, and ethics
Samantha previously was a speaker at the Directors Forum in March 2025 in Dallas.
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.
