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Dee Fitzgerald

VP, Head of Data & Analytics at Danone

Dee is a data and AI transformation leader with extensive experience driving enterprise-scale analytics, technology modernisation, and business change. Known for building data-driven organisations, advancing AI adoption, and connecting strategy, innovation, and measurable business outcomes.

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Dee focuses on enterprise AI adoption, data modernisation, analytics transformation, responsible AI, data-driven business strategy, technology leadership, sustainability initiatives, and the future of data and analytics in consumer goods organisations.

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data strategy
AI strategy
change management
business strategy
data leadership
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Meet ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐: The strategic trailblazer driving data-led transformation at a massive global scale. As the ๐•๐ & ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š & ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ (๐‚๐ƒ๐Ž) ๐š๐ญ Danone, Dee focuses on enabling a truly data-driven business by leveraging trusted data to generate meaningful insights. She effectively pairs fierce technical capability with strong business acumen.

Beyond the boardroom, Dee is a highly regarded industry evangelist & community leader. An active member of the Evanta, a Gartner Company ๐‚๐ƒ๐€๐Ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ, she frequently guides executive strategy through peer-to-peer collaboration. She is a prominent speaker on the international circuit, recently taking the stage at major industry panels like ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐€๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & the upcoming Databricks ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š + ๐€๐ˆ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, where she actively deconstructs multi-agent enterprise frameworks, business resilience, & the human side of artificial intelligence.

๐Ÿš€ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ˆ & ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

Deeโ€™s leadership approach is anchored in driving real-world utility for everyday teams. At Danone, she champions data literacy for a ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ; heavily focusing on training & upskilling front-line & factory staff on how to prompt effectively. She famously advocates that while AI handles a massive portion of the operational heavy lifting, the human remains the ultimate decision-maker responsible for landing actual business value.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐€ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž

During her landmark near-two decades at Unilever, she served as the operational backbone for the analytics organisation, managing a massive โ‚ฌ30M global portfolio spanning over 200 initiatives. Whether orchestrating the data architecture for complex multi-market supply chains or leading massive technical integration teams through major M&As, her execution defines operational excellence.

๐Ÿ’ป ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ

What sets Dee apart is her deep, practical comfort with the underlying tech stack. Far from just a high-level executive, she possesses robust hands-on expertise in data design, ETL pipelines, & cloud ecosystems. This rare blend of tech-stack fluency & corporate strategy allows her to easily translate scattered capabilities into cohesive, user-centric data products.

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