
Gianluca Barletta
Partner and Global Head of Data Science at PA Consulting, with a PhD in Transport Economics from Imperial College London.
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Jul 29, 2026
Ep. 136 — Hire for Mindset, Equip for the Tools, Augment at Every Level: How the Consulting Firm That Wins in the AI Era Is Actually Built - with Gianluca Barletta
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Sarah EdwardsHOST
Well, first of all, before we get started into our discussion, perhaps tell me a little bit about PA Consulting, what you're doing there and your role.

Gianluca BarlettaGUEST
So PA Consulting is an innovation and transformation consultancy of about 4,000 people spread globally.

Gianluca BarlettaGUEST
We have a very strong presence in the UK, but we operate also in other global markets such as the US, the Nordics and the Netherlands.

Gianluca BarlettaGUEST
As far as I'm concerned, I've been at the firm for about five years and I've been leading this beautiful team of data science, which actually is a reference to the science of data rather than some people think of data scientists as sort of analysts and advanced analytics type people.

Gianluca BarlettaGUEST
But it's more the science of data because my team... effectively tries to solve the most complex problems that our clients have across the lifecycle of data.

Gianluca BarlettaGUEST
So starting from what we call the intelligent foundations, and I'll expand for a second, if that's okay, around that, which is from data strategy, governance, management, into data engineering, data architecture.
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Sarah EdwardsHOST
Like, where do you see that balance and where do you see some of the opportunities or challenges within that?