Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Economist of Risk Economics, Inc. and Independent Director of the Credit Suisse Funds, was invited to speak at the Diligent Institute NextGen Board Leaders Summit at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 2, 2025. The event aimed to foster innovation in corporate governance by convening directors with executive experience across a range of domains, reflecting key trends in modern boardrooms.
Samantha participated in the Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise: Data Breach Scenario | When AI Attacks. The interactive session was designed to simulate a cybersecurity breach launched subsequent to receiving a deepfake message claiming to come from the company CEO. The attendees had the opportunity to explore board obligations and responses as the simulation evolved. Samantha was joined on the panel by Monica Landen, Chief Information Officer of Diligent.
Samantha is frequently invited to speak on governance topics, and has participated as a panelist at Generative AI Governance: A Guide for UK SMEs, with Diligent Institute and Institute of Directors, the Diligent AI Innovations Visionary Forum in May 2025 in New York, as well as the Diligent AI Virtual Summit in April 2025.
Samantha Kappagoda 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®, Visiting Scholar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU, advising research activities at RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics @ Courant Institute, and a Member of the Business Board of the Governing Council at the University of Toronto.
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/.
