Gwen Thomas

Gwen Thomas is best known as the Founder of the Data Governance Institute, the primary author of the DGI framework and guidance published at DataGovernance.com, and as a teacher who has influenced hundreds of data programs around the globe. She spent many years working in IT shops and providing data management and data governance consulting services, before spending 10 years as an in-house data strategist for the World Bank Group’s private sector arm. Much of her time there focused on translating between executives, program leaders, data governance teams, lawyers, architects, modelers, policy writers, auditors, and data quality teams. Her special focus is on helping non-technical teams become stronger advocates for their own needs.