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Gianluca Barletta

Gianluca Barletta

Partner and Global Head of Data Science at PA Consulting, with a PhD in Transport Economics from Imperial College London.

Jul 29, 2026

1:39
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.
1:46
Absolutely.
1:47
So PA Consulting is an innovation and transformation consultancy of about 4,000 people spread globally.
1:55
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.
2:04
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.
2:22
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.
2:30
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.

20 MINS LATER

22:31
Like, where do you see that balance and where do you see some of the opportunities or challenges within that?

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