Ep 29: 66 Questions Data Leaders Unplugged: James Blagg

The Data Strategy Show has been voted in the top 10 podcasts in 2022 by onlydatajobs and was voted in the top 40 strategy podcasts for 2022 by Feedspot. So, I wanted to say a HUGE BIG thank you to all the listeners out there for your support and I’m hugely excited about where the show will go in the future. I was referred to James by Itoro Liney and I am super pleased that I took her advice and invited James on! Great to speak to him and apparently, he had the best legs in the 3rd year and no I didn’t ask to see his legs! He’s a kung fu fighter well more from a spiritual and meditative aspect and he showed off some of his Sinhalese which was incredible! James is Head of Data at Principality Building Society leading on data & analytics strategy, architecture, governance, and privacy. He has extensive experience across a range of Data Capability areas, from Strategy & Architecture to Data Management, Governance, Engineering, and Insight Generation. He is super focused on working to embed data into the organisational culture and has a proven track record in delivering transformational and business-critical change. A blues guitarist of 20 years, he enjoys life with his family, a creative at heart and wants to get back to his creative self, a person who loves to understand others and their cultures, and the first person I know to have done the Inca trail! I hope you enjoy this episode please do like, share, and comment, and enjoy listening to James. Behind every data leader there is a person and here is James unplugged.