Sahar Nezami

Senior Director, Information, Data and Analytics Services

Bank of Canada

Sahar Nezami is the senior director of Information, Data, and Analytics Services (IDAS) at the Bank of Canada where her teams have responsibility for data analytics strategy, governance, information management, and a full range of analytics services for the administration and operations of the Bank. She has more than 20 years of experience building, growing, and leading data and analytics teams in various lines of business and different industries, from professional services, to retail banking, and now with central banking. Sahar is an advocate of self-serve analytics and augmented decision support and believes in the value of data as a product and analytics as a service. She is a mentor and a volunteer and works on providing opportunities and support networks for women and newcomers, in particular. Analytics strategy, data governance, talent development, and automating insights are some of the topics Sahar is interested in and speaks about. Sahar is a software engineer with an M.Sc. in Economic Systems Engineering and an MBA. She lives in Toronto, Canada, and you can connect with her on LinkedIn.