Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Economist of Risk Economics, Inc. and Independent Director of Credit Suisse Funds, was invited to speak at the webinar Artificial Intelligence: What Boards Need to Know, hosted by Women in the Boardroom on December 2, 2024.
This webinar was moderated by Howard Browstein, President of Brownstein Corporation. Samantha’s fellow panelist were:
- Lara Druyan, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Data Capital; Board Member, CIBC US
- Divya Joshi, Principal, Data & AI Strategy, Thoughtworks
Since 2002, Women in the Boardroom (WiB) has provided expertise and assistance for women to secure corporate board positions, including exclusive programs such as the Matchmaking Program™ and the Annual Board Assembly.
Samantha Kappagoda currently serves as an Independent Director / Trustee, Nominating Committee Chair, and Audit Committee Member of Credit Suisse Funds, which are comprised of closed-end funds (NYSE: DHY and CIK) and open-end funds investing in commodity, high yield and credit strategies. She is also Chief Economist and Co-Founder of Risk Economics® and Visiting Scholar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU, advising research activities at RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics @ Courant Institute.
About Risk Economics, Inc.
Risk Economics® specializes in economic analysis of risk and liability. It provides advisory services at the intersection of commercial business-process engineering and risk engineering with a particular focus on coupling commercial reinsurance and financial technology, through the rigorous application of agent-based, demographic, and statistical methodologies to microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis. The RiskEcon® client roster is diverse and includes governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, global insurance and reinsurance firms, leading law firms, technology firms, global banking institutions, asset management firms, multinational corporations with interests in natural resources, commodities, and energy, as well as government agencies and regulators. For additional information, please visit https://riskeconomicsinc.com/.
