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28+
Years of Data &
AI Leadership
Founder & CEO

Udita Singh β€” practitioner turned founder

DataConscious AI was founded on 28+ years of hands-on data and AI leadership in some of the world's most complex regulated environments β€” energy trading, financial services, ESG and enterprise governance.

Founder & CEO β€” DataConscious AI AI Governance Β· ESG Compliance Β· Metadata Standards Β· Synthetic Data Governance
Senior Director & Head of Data Governance β€” NTT DATA Data Governance & Data Management Β· Enterprise Metadata Strategy Β· DAMA-DMBOK
Chief Data Officer β€” Shell PLC Fortune 100 Β· Enterprise AI Governance Β· ESG Data Strategy Β· Data Transformation
Work with Udita β†’ Career journey ↓
Career Journey

28+ years building governance that works

Not academic theory β€” hard-won expertise from the world's most complex data environments.

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CURRENT Β· 2024–PRESENT
Founder & CEO
DataConscious AI
Founding and building DataConscious AI β€” the integrated AI governance, ESG compliance, metadata standardisation and synthetic data governance platform. Developing the TRACE and GUARD agentic AI governance frameworks alongside the full services and SaaS product suite.
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CURRENT Β· NTT DATA
Senior Director & Head of Data Governance & Data Management
NTT DATA
Leading enterprise data governance and data management strategy. DAMA-DMBOK frameworks, metadata strategy, data domain modelling, policy and standards development across global client engagements.
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2025 Β· ADVISORY
Data Governance & Strategy Advisory
EDF Energy Β· July–October 2025
Advisory engagement focused on data strategy for energy trading and corporate products. ETRM data governance, regulatory reporting data flows, REMIT compliance data architecture.
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PREVIOUS
Chief Data Officer
Shell PLC
Enterprise data strategy, AI governance programmes, ESG data architecture and sustainability reporting data management at one of the world's largest energy companies. Board-level data and AI governance accountability.
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PREVIOUS
Senior Data & Governance Roles
BP Β· Equinor UK Β· FIS Global Β· Informatica
Energy trading data governance (REMIT, EMIR, MiFID II compliance), financial services data management, data catalogue implementation, ETRM governance, market data segregation and position reporting across multiple major organisations.
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CERTIFICATION
ILM Level 6 NED Certification
Institute of Leadership & Management
Board-level competencies across finance, risk, strategy, governance, AI & technology, and executive coaching. Appointed to multiple trustee and NED roles in education and social enterprise sectors.
Deep Domain Expertise

The knowledge that powers DataConscious AI

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AI Governance & EU AI Act

High-risk system classification, conformity assessments, technical documentation, agentic AI governance, board accountability frameworks.

EU AI ActTRACE FrameworkGUARD FrameworkArt. 6, 9-15
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ESG & Sustainability Data

CSRD readiness, ESRS gap analysis, double materiality facilitation, ESG data quality management, sustainability reporting architecture.

CSRDESRSTCFDSFDRGRI
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Privacy & GDPR

GDPR/UK GDPR compliance architecture, DPIA design, ROPA frameworks, AI-privacy intersection, automated decision governance.

GDPRUK GDPRArt. 22DPIA
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Energy Trading Data

ETRM data governance, market data segregation, position reporting, trade surveillance data management across gas, power and oil markets.

REMITEMIRMiFID IIETRM
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Metadata & Semantic Standards

Enterprise metadata strategy, business glossary design, data catalogue implementation, semantic interoperability across regulatory domains.

DAMA-DMBOKISO 11179Data MeshIT4IT
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NED & Board Advisory

Non-Executive Director expertise in data, AI and ESG governance. ILM Level 6 certified. Finance, risk, strategy and audit committee competencies.

ILM Level 6Board GovernanceAudit Committee
Our Framework

The integrated governance framework

Published February 2026 β€” a three-layer architecture mapping data governance, AI governance and agentic AI governance to four regulatory frameworks.

LAYER 03
Agentic AI Governance
Emerging Frontier β€” EU AI Act Art. 6, GDPR Art. 22
LAYER 02
AI Governance
EU AI Act Β· GDPR / UK GDPR
LAYER 01
Data Governance
CSRD/ESRS Β· Metadata Standards Β· Reg Reporting
Regulatory Coverage
EU AI Act CSRD / ESRS GDPR / UK GDPR REMIT / EMIR MiFID II SEC Climate
Framework Principles
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Data Governance is Foundational
Without common metadata standards and data quality foundations, AI governance and ESG reporting cannot be trusted or audited reliably.
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Regulatory Obligations Intersect
EU AI Act, CSRD, GDPR and MiFID II share underlying data obligations. A unified approach eliminates duplication and closes cross-cutting gaps.
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Audit-Ready by Design
Every layer produces documented evidence β€” not just gap reports. Governance that can withstand regulator scrutiny from day one.
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Agentic AI Demands New Controls
Autonomous AI agents introduce governance challenges that traditional frameworks were not designed to handle. Layer 3 addresses this emerging frontier.
Credentials & Affiliations

Qualified to lead at board level

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ILM Level 6 β€” NED Certification

Board-level competencies across finance, risk, strategy, governance, AI & technology and executive coaching. Institute of Leadership & Management.

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DAMA-DMBOK Practitioner

Deep expertise in DAMA Data Management Body of Knowledge. Data governance, metadata management, data quality and data lineage frameworks.

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Regulatory Compliance Expertise

REMIT, EMIR, MiFID II, CSRD, EU AI Act, GDPR/UK GDPR and SEC Climate Disclosure Rules. Applied in live regulatory reporting environments.

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NED & Trustee Appointments

Active trustee and NED roles in education and social enterprise sectors. Audit committee and governance committee experience at board level.