Johnnie Ball

Chief Data Officer at OakNorth

Speaker

Johnnie is the Chief Data Officer at OakNorth where he leads the strategy and execution of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence initiatives. His career began as an interest rates trader at Barclays before he co-founded the fintech, Fluidly, which was backed by leading venture capitalists and widely recognised for its artificial intelligence innovation in supporting UK small businesses. Fluidly served over 80,000 businesses before being acquired by OakNorth. Johnnie holds an MSc in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning from University College London.

In 2022, Johnnie led a record-breaking transatlantic rowing expedition from Portugal to South America, raising over £50,000 for Dementia UK and clinching a Guinness World Record.