Dr David Hardoon is the Global Head of AI Enablement in Standard Chartered Bank. He was the Former CEO of Aboitiz Data Innovation, Senior Advisor for Data and Artificial Intelligence at UnionBank Philippines and Data Innovation Managing Director at Aboitiz Group. David was previously an external Senior  Advisor on Artificial Intelligence to Singapore's Corrupt Investigation Practices Bureau (CPIB) and  Senior Advisor on Data Science to Singapore's Central Provident Fund Board (CPF).

Prior to his current roles, David was first appointed Chief Data Officer and Head of Data Analytics  Group at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and subsequently as Special Advisor on  Artificial Intelligence. In these roles, David led the development of the AI strategy both for MAS  and Singapore’s financial sector as well as driving efforts in promoting open cross-border data  flows. David pioneered the regulator and central bank adoption of data science, as well as theestablishment of the Fairness, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency (FEAT) Principles, first-of-a-  kind guidelines for adopting Artificial Intelligence in the financial industry, as well as establishing  the MAS-backed Veritas consortium.

David has extensive exposure and experience in both industry and academia and has consistently  applied advanced technology with an analytical mindset to shape and deliver new innovation. He  holds a PhD in Computer Science in the field of Machine Learning from the University of  Southampton and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, with First Class Honors  B.Sc. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. He has co-written a book on “Getting  Started in Business Analytics: Insightful Decision-Making” in 2013.