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CDAO Summit
19 NOVEMBER 2025
116 Pall Mall, London

Rajat Kotra
CDAO at Second Brains
Speaker

Profile

Rajat Kotra is an experienced global senior executive with three decades+ of experience in driving diverse businesses leverage Data & Analytics, AI/Machine Learning, Automation & Digital approaches to deliver tangible value.

Rajat is a serial entrepreneur with three successful ventures in AI, technology and energy and a sought-after senior board and C-suite advisor on AI, Advanced Analytics and Data Management technologies for multiple global corporations. Currently Rajat is CEO Secondbrain.ai and recently Chief Data & AI Officer at EBSCO and Group Director of AI & Data Analytics at Informa Group plc, guiding teams on Data Analytics & AI strategy and execution.

Prior to that he was a senior executive at IBM including Watson, GE, and Experian. Rajat brings real perspectives from time spent in both large technology-focused businesses and with start-ups looking to use data and analytics in new ways. In his personal life, Rajat’s passions include high altitude trekking (the Himalayas), fitness, mental health and meditation.

Agenda Sessions

  • Closing Panel: The CDAO Role in 2030 – Growth Engine or Extinct Species?

    15:50