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Connect with a local community of like-minded peers who share similar challenges and priorities. Access the collective expertise of CDAOs from diverse experiences, backgrounds and industries. Members of the community come together several times a year to connect with each other, exchange ideas and best practices, and validate strategies and solutions.

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Exchange ideas, strategies and solutions validated by peers
Gain exclusive access to community insights, including best practices and survey results, to benchmark your organization with others
Learn how other leaders approached their challenges by leveraging peer-recommended partners

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Grow and enhance your career through an exclusive network and mentorship
Build lasting relationships and stay connected with peers and colleagues

DACH CDAO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the DACH CDAO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Christian Freytag

SAP
SVP & Head of Innovation, Technology and Data

Governing Body Members

Kai Barz

Edeka
Head of Data Operations

Philipp Behre

Sartorius
CDO & Head of Data Strategy & Management

Alexey Belichenko

Roche
Senior Director, Global Head of Data and Analytics

Vikrant Bhan

Nestlé
Group Head Analytics Data & Integration

Thomas Bode

MET Group
Chief Digital Transformation Officer

Alexander Borek

Zalando
Director of Data Analytics

Alberto-Giovanni Busetto

The Adecco Group
Group SVP & Head of Data & AI

Micheline Casey

Siemens Energy
SVP & CDAO

David Castro-Gavino

HelloFresh
Global VP, Data

Ricardo Crepaldi

BASF
Global Director, Data Foundation

Katrin Drumm

ING
CDO, Global Retail

Alexandra Fück-Zilles

AXA
CDO

Naveen Gupta

IKEA
Global Data Leader

Omar Khawaja

Givaudan
CDAO

Irina Koitz

Johnson Controls, Inc.
Director Data Strategy and Intelligence

Christian Lang

Stada
VP, Data & Analytics and Western Europe IT

Steffen Lange

Sulzer
Group Data & Analytics Officer

Chris Lobo

Fresenius
Global Head of Data & Analytics

Carl-Johan Nakamura

Carl Zeiss AG
CDO

David Power

State Street
Data Officer SSBI - Managing Director

Rahul Ramachandran Atman

Viking
VP, Data & Business Solutions

Ruchika Sachdeva

Coca-Cola Hellenic
Global Head of Data, Insights & Analytics

Maja Sdrakas

Deutsche Börse
Head of Group Data

Niklas Teichmann

Henkel
Head of Data & Analytics

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today.

Focusing on Foundations for AI Readiness
Establishing Measurable Value and Proving ROI
Driving Culture Change to Elevate Data and Analytics Initiatives

Upcoming Programs

VIRTUAL

May 2025 | 1 hour

DACH CDAO Town Hall

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

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UBS INC.

Content from your CDAO peers

BLOG | DECEMBER 3, 2024

Four Change Management Trends for CDAOs

In our recent Community Pulse Survey, we asked 800 C-level executives to share their approaches to change management. Here, we delve into the responses from CDAOs, highlighting key trends from the results.

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BLOG | NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Five C-Level Findings on Change Management

This year, we have noticed a trend in business priorities – for many C-level executives to achieve their enterprise objectives, change management is involved. Recently, we asked executives how their organizations are approaching change management. Here are five themes we found from 800 executive responses.