Dr. Irina Steenbeek is a data management practitioner with more than 11 years of experience. The key areas of her professional expertise are the data management maturity assessment, implementation of data management frameworks, and data lineage. Irina has practical experience in software implementation such as ERP and DWH/BI, management consultation, financial and business controls, and data science.

Through the years, she has worked for global institutions as well as large- and medium-sized organizations in different sectors, including but not limited to financial institutions, professional services, and IT companies.

In 2016, she founded Data Crossroads – a training and coaching services enterprise in data management. Data Crossroads focuses on assisting companies in improving their decision-making by setting up an effective data management framework that fits-for-purpose the company business goals and resources.

Irina is a strong believer that the success of data management initiatives is based on the combination of a pragmatic approach and clear and transparent methodology. She has shared her approach and implementation experience by publishing The “Orange” Data Management Framework, The Data Management Toolkit, The Data Management Cookbook, and Data Lineage from a Business Perspective. She is also the author of various white papers and articles on the topic of data management.

Joanne is currently Head of Data Governance for Hastings Direct, having moved over from Retail Banking into Insurance in July 2021. Her career to date has primarily been working in Financial Services working for Global and UK based financial organisations. Prior to specialising in Data Governance her responsibilities have included working on BAU and Project related developments in the day-to-day and long-term functions of data management primarily with the operations sector. She has spent much of her career ensuring data is treated as a valued asset. Joanne is an advocate for Data Governance, her work in organisations creates the foundations to allow data use to be proactive and efficient. By continually optimising value from data, She helps to create and build upon environments where data is no longer an unknown anomaly. Joanne helps organisations to trust their data, make accurate choices in both BAU and Change.

As Principal Data Architect, Peter has produced models to demonstrate the capabilities of Solidatus that include a MiFID II Data Dictionary, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the FIX Trade Capture Report mapped to RTS 22. He also models clients’ data, as well as writing documentation and publicity material.