Niall Maher

Engineering Leader: AI Innovation, Marsh McLennan

Niall Maher leads global Engineering for Innovation at Marsh McLennan, where he spearheads the deployment of AI and LLM applications across the organization's 90,000+ workforce worldwide. In this role, he drives practical AI implementation strategies that transform how one of the world's largest professional services companies operates, moving beyond experimentation to measurable enterprise-scale impact. Beyond his corporate leadership, Niall founded and runs Codú, Ireland's largest coding community, fostering technological innovation and knowledge sharing across the developer ecosystem. His diverse background spans roles as Lead Developer, Architect, Head of Product, and CTO, giving him a unique perspective on both the technical and strategic challenges of scaling AI solutions. Niall combines deep technical expertise with practical leadership experience, focusing on bridging the gap between AI possibilities and real-world business transformation at enterprise scale.

Sile Ni Liathain

Senior Decisioning Architect, Bank Of Ireland

Síle is currently a Senior Decisioning Architect in Bank of Ireland, with over 20 years broad CRM experience combining both business and technical skills. She has a background in Mathematics and more recently, a First Class Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence. She is responsible for the development of omni-channel customer engagement strategies in Pega, Bank of Ireland's Customer Engagement Engine - implementing Next Best Actions, the logic to drive customer engagement and the use of Adaptive/Predictive Modelling to deliver considerable positive outcomes for the Bank's customers and the Group.

Patricia Rojas

Data Science Technical Lead , ACI Worldwide

I’m a Data Science Technical Lead focused on Research and Innovation with more than 11 years of experience on Data Science projects. My background is Applied Mathematics and Statistics and I specialize on the implementation of machine learning models to solve analytical problems. I’m originally from Venezuela where I worked in the Academic sector for a few years teaching statistics and probability courses to young students but also to experience industry managers, which allowed me to develop my mentoring and coaching skills teaching highly technical subjects to students and helping industry managers to understand the value and the benefit the companies can get from the implementation of machine learning models.

I moved to Ireland in 2015 working on the Insurance sector leading the implementation of machine learning models for customer profiling, targeted marketing campaigns and maximising their renewal rates. In 2018 I moved to the Fintech sector in a new Research and Development facility where I had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate on building a Data Science team from scratch and working closely with the Director of Data Science to understand the company’s priorities and designing projects to address those needs. As a Data Science manager, I have been involved in the recruiting, hiring mentoring, coaching, and upskilling of the team members to ensure our Data Science team have the correct skill sets and in the right balance to work efficiently, maximising the value for the company and helping each team member to achieve their potential and growth in their careers.

Martin Donovan

Head of AI Solutions, Irish Life

Martin is the Head of AI Solutions for the Irish Life Group. He is responsible for leading out on Irish Life’s AI discovery, to identify and explore opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence to enhance business operations and deliver strategic value for the organisation.

A qualified actuary, Martin has held progressively senior roles across several actuarial and innovation functions within Irish Life Group. He is an active member of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland and serves on the Risk Management in a Digital World working partyofthe Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Martin’s expertise lies in aligning technological innovation with business outcomes, and he is committed to driving transformation that benefits both the organisation and its customers.

Lorcan Malone

Chief Executive, The Analytics Institute

Lorcan has led the Analytics Institute through ten years of growth and development. He is proud of the huge data community that has evolved around the Institute. He believes that the people in our industry are the most important element in its success.

Through the Institute he fosters a culture of learning, knowledge and experience sharing while we also make time for fun and friendship.