Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Certification
Timeline
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Sheetal Dash

Sheetal Dash

Glasgow

Summary

Visionary data & business strategy leader with over 12 years of experience driving enterprise-wide data architecture, governance, and digital transformation in leading financial institutions. Expert in building scalable data platforms, leading high-performing global teams, and aligning data capabilities with regulatory, risk, and business priorities. Known for thought leadership in applied cybersecurity, data virtualization, and compliance-driven innovation.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
17
17
Certification
3
3

Published Academic Papers

5
5

Industry Awards

Work History

Financial Crime Data Product Lead

Barclays
12.2024 - Current
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with cross-functional teams across Tech, Compliance, Risk and Business to prioritize use cases and deliver value.
  • Driving adoption of modern Data Architecture patterns including Event Driven design, Data Product principles and aligning with Barclays Enterprise Data Platform strategy.
  • Embedded Privacy by Design and standardisation into data product architecture, ensuring privacy, jurisdictional, regulatory, and compliance requirements are considered at inception and across the delivery lifecycle in FinCrime.
  • Partnered with the Group Records Management Standards team to align data solutions with enterprise policies on retention, archival, and disposal of customer records across Financial Crime.
  • Ownership of End-to-End delivery of Enterprise Data Products supporting Financial Crime Customer Due Diligence compliance and reporting.
  • Data & Business Partner for Customer Due Diligence: Supporting the collection, validation and governance of customer related data to meet regulatory compliance and risk management requirements as per FCA standards.
  • Data Control Framework: Collaborate with the technology teams to embed Data Control Framework into product design ensuring data quality, lineage, ownership and control points are clearly defined and monitored.
  • Fostering data as a product mindset across the functions by educating and spreading awareness across partner teams in Data Modelling, Lineage Tracking and regulatory aligned data practices ensuring risk and control compliance.

Head of Retail Enterprise Architecture

Legal & General
07.2024 - 12.2024
  • AI Best Practices: Devising AI best practices and governance, considering data ethics policies, GDPR etc.
  • Data Governance and Management: Formalising comprehensive data maturity assessments and devised strategic roadmaps for scalable data governance and management.
  • Data Governance Framework Implementation: Defining and implementing cutting-edge data governance frameworks, policies, and procedures, ensuring the maintenance of high standards for data quality, integrity, and privacy.

Vice President – Data Architecture & Engineering, Asset & Wealth Management

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co
07.2022 - 06.2024
  • Strategic Data Virtualization Architecture Owner: As the architecture owner, pioneered the successful implementation of Data Virtualization (using Denodo) across the International Private Bank at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co, facilitating efficient and real-time access to diverse data sources.

Markets Data Transformation & Governance Lead - ICG Markets Tech Risks & Controls

Citibank U.K.
03.2021 - 05.2022
  • Strategic Data Governance Leadership: As the Data Governance Lead, pioneered the establishment of a new function within ICG Markets Tech Risks & Controls, playing a crucial role in driving Citi’s Digital Transformation journey.
  • Global Team Leadership: Directed a global and diverse team of 40 data management professionals, providing strategic direction and fostering a culture of excellence in data governance.
  • Collaboration with Leadership Team: Integral member of the ICG Markets Tech Risks & Controls Leadership Team, collaborating with Directors and Managing Directors to steer strategic initiatives.
  • Product Governance and Remediation: Led efforts in Product Governance, remediation, and simplification, contributing significantly to effective Risk & Control strategies across multiple business sectors.
  • Regulatory Compliance and Application Lineage: Initiated and oversaw robust application lineage, enabling seamless fulfilment of regulatory reports for FRB, PRA, and other regulators.
  • Partnered with Citi’s Data Retention & Information Management (DRIM) team to implement a records management strategy, ensuring adherence to global Records Management Policy and regulatory requirements.
  • Data Engineering Leadership: Provided leadership to a team of Data Engineers dedicated to remediating several End User Developed Applications, ensuring compliance with established standards and best practices.
  • Enterprise Collaboration: Acted as the key relationship manager between Enterprise/Federated Chief Data Office, Application Managers, and the Business, understanding guidelines, and defining requirements for various Data Transformation program initiatives.
  • Audit Leadership and Collaboration: Orchestrated seamless audit processes as a key leader, collaborating closely with both internal and external auditors. Facilitated essential walkthroughs and served as the bridge between audit teams and application units, ensuring effective communication and alignment of audit requirements with organizational objectives.
  • Leadership in Governance Forums: Chaired and led multiple Steerco, Operating Committees, and Forums, effectively communicating new Digital Transformation standards, procedures, and guidelines to stakeholders.

Education

Ph.D. - Machine Learning

University of Staffordshire
03-2026

Master's in science - Applied Cyber Security

Queens University Belfast
12.2018

Skills

  • Team Management/Leadership

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Data Virtualisation

  • Data Strategy & Transformation

  • Data Governance & Management

  • Solution Designing

  • Data Architecture

  • Data Engineering/Modelling

  • Data Visualisation

  • Applied Cybersecurity

  • Agile Scrum Master

  • Python

Accomplishments

  • Next-Gen Leader winner - Women in Finance 2023
  • Winner of the Global 'TechWomen100' award
  • Innovation Champion in CITI ICG Markets.
  • Gift Gold Award for successful delivery of Data Tracing for FRB Regulators.
  • Citi Applause – Lives our values award.
  • Best Performer of the Project award at TCS.

Certification

  • Risk & Control certification – Institute of Risk Management
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Denodo – Data Virtualisation Architect
  • Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
  • Collibra Certified – Data Governance Lead
  • Collibra Certified – Data Steward
  • Certified in 12c-50 Oracle 11g: Sql Fundamentals

Timeline

Financial Crime Data Product Lead

Barclays
12.2024 - Current

Head of Retail Enterprise Architecture

Legal & General
07.2024 - 12.2024

Vice President – Data Architecture & Engineering, Asset & Wealth Management

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co
07.2022 - 06.2024

Markets Data Transformation & Governance Lead - ICG Markets Tech Risks & Controls

Citibank U.K.
03.2021 - 05.2022

Master's in science - Applied Cyber Security

Queens University Belfast

Ph.D. - Machine Learning

University of Staffordshire

Publications

  • Research paper on Advanced Persistent Threats, analysing the attacks in the past, recent research trends and proposed solutions published in IJSART.
  • Research paper on Collaborative Intrusion Detection & Mitigation System using a pub-sub model published on ResearchGate.
  • Currently working on my Ph.D. paper this year about Applied Cybersecurity using AI/ML.

Community Service

United Nations Women UK Delegate, Data & Research Lead at Citi’s Diversity & Inclusion committee., Co-Chair for Women at Citi who code, UK Stem Ambassador, Lead in the Citi Mentorship Programme., Chair at Professional Development committee

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