Sam Napier
Principal @Slalom
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WORK HISTORY
Principal @Slalom
London, GB
Working across FTSE100 manufacturing, global insurance, publishing and regulated enterprises to design and scale data platforms, governance frameworks, and decision-support systems, with a focus on repeatable patterns that help organisations scale capability appropriately across different contexts.+ Lead design and delivery of data platforms, governance frameworks, and data products enabling trusted, scalable decision-making+ Delivered pricing and cost analytics solutions supporting £20M+ annual commercial impact through improved margin protection and negotiation capability+ Designed and implemented data governance and AI governance control frameworks, establishing clear accountability, risk management, and decision traceability+ Defined MDM operating models and data management processes, enabling global consistency while supporting local business needs+ Built and coached cross-functional client teams, establishing standing data capability and embedding sustainable ways of working+ Acted as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders on data strategy, operating models, and platform maturity
EDUCATION
Imperial College, London
Chemistry
Llandovery College
High School
SKILLS
ABOUT SAM NAPIER
I focus on how organisations make decisions - and how those systems need to evolve to support scale, speed, and trust.This often means building what I think of as decision systems - structures that define how data, logic, and ownership come together to enable effective action.My focus is on making automated decisions defensible - ensuring the data, logic, and governance behind them can be trusted, understood, and improved over time.I work at the intersection of data platforms, governance, and business operations - building the infrastructure that allows organisations to move faster without losing control.Over the past 18 years, I’ve progressed from hands-on engineering through architecture into data and AI governance, working across manufacturing, financial services, and life sciences.I typically help organisations to:+ Establish a trusted foundation for data and AI (governance, ownership, controls)+ Design and scale data platforms and products that support real operational decisions+ Simplify and restructure decision flows to reduce latency, risk, and inconsistencyMy recent work includes:+ Designing data products that support £20M+ annual commercial impact through pricing and cost analytics+ Leading the development of cross-organisation data platforms enabling trusted data sharing and reporting+ Establishing data governance and AI governance frameworks to support scalable, accountable decision-makingEarlier in my career, I led operations for a multi-channel retail and publishing business, where I was responsible for everything from supply chain and customer experience to internal systems and data. That experience shaped how I approach data today - not as an abstract technical layer, but as something deeply embedded in how organisations actually operate and make decisions.I’m typically brought into environments where:+ systems are fragmented or difficult to trust+ decision-making is slow, inconsistent, or opaque+ and underlying structures make it hard to scale capability or improve outcomesMy approach is to simplify and align - creating clear structures for how data is produced, governed, and used - while building the capability within teams to sustain and evolve these systems over time.I’m motivated by building systems that create compounding value over time - for organisations, the people within them and the ecosystem they operate in.
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