The Magic of Neverland: Announcing our Honoree Mark Birkhead

We are thrilled to announce that Mark Birkhead will be honored at our 79th Annual Gala, “Neverland: L’Isola che non c’è.”
Mark Birkhead is a Managing Director and the Firmwide Chief Data Officer for JPMorgan Chase. In this capacity, Mark is responsible for advancing a culture of data-driven decision making and leveraging data and analytics to enable our customers and clients around the world.
Mark brings a strong record of building and transforming data and analytic organizations both in the US and globally. Most recently, he was the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Chase and JPMorgan Wealth Management, where he was responsible for utilizing analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver growth, enhance sales, marketing and branch distribution, and to improve the customer experience.
Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Mark was the Chief Analytics Officer at Santander US, responsible building the data and analytics organizations across five businesses, including the Retail Bank. Mark also spent 10 years at Citigroup in the Global Consumer Bank and Retail Services, most recently as the Global Head of Analytics & Insights for Latin America and Mexico. Prior to Citi, Mark worked at GE Capital and Wells Fargo & Company.
Mark has been profiled in publications like Forbes and MIT Technology Review Business Lab, and named to the DataIQ 100 Most Influential People in Data and Chief Data Officer Magazine’s list of The World’s Leading Enterprise Data Leaders and North America Data Leaders 100.
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