Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Economist of Risk Economics, and Independent Director of the Credit Suisse Funds was invited to speak on AI Governance at the 2025 NYU Directors Academy on October 9-10, 2025, participating in the panel Governance of AI and Emerging Technology Risk. The panel was moderated by Joseph Facciponti, Executive Director of NYU Law PCCE Institute. Samantha’s fellow presenters were:
- Sheila Bangalore: Board Member, Games Global and StoneAge Water Blast Tools
- Virginia Gambale: Managing Partner, Azimuth Partners; Chair, Nutanix; Director, Virtu Financial, Evertec, 10x Banking, Consumer Edge
- Jonathan Martin: Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Meta
Samantha was previously a speaker at NYU Law Directors Academy in 2024 and 2023, as well as the NYU Law 2025 Spring Conference: Managing Effective Ethics and Compliance Programs in a Changing Regulatory Landscape.
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/.
