Payal Jain is Managing Director at JCURV, a management consultancy that helps companies radically change the way they leverage data. Previously, Payal held several executive roles in the Banking and Finance industry over the last 18 years including Existing Customer Management and Loans Director at Vanquis Bank and Managing Director of Strategic Analytics at Barclays, responsible for all the analytics in the UK and European Credit Card and Lending division across 8 countries. Payal is the Chair of Women in Data, whose mission is gender parity in all data roles, especially at a senior level. In 2016, Payal was recognised as the most influential data professional in the DataIQ Top 100 leaders in the UK. In 2019, Payal was recognised in the HERoes Top 100 Women Executives in the UK. Payal holds a Master's degree in Maths & Teaching from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Management Science and Operational Research from University of Warwick Business School.