Independent Director
Credit Suisse Funds (Under UBS)
Samantha Kappagoda currently serves as an Independent Director, Nominating Chair and Audit Committee Member at the Credit Suisse Funds, now under UBS (NYSE: UBS). She also serves as a Member of the Governing Council Business Board at the University of Toronto, a C$4 billion revenue institution. She brings three decades of global experience with a distinctive blend of capital markets fluency, technology expertise and risk governance. Her operating experience informs her contribution to boards addressing technology and regulatory change, strategic stewardship and enterprise risk oversight in increasingly complex landscapes. Samantha is recognized for her collaborative and resilient board stewardship, combining forward-looking strategic insight with risk oversight essential for guiding growth in complex, dynamic, and regulated environments. Her boardroom perspective is grounded in deep operating experience leveraging data analytics and AI governance to successfully navigate emerging opportunities, drive ROI and mitigate financial and operational risk. As a data scientist, economist, entrepreneur...
Samantha Kappagoda currently serves as an Independent Director, Nominating Chair and Audit Committee Member at the Credit Suisse Funds, now under UBS (NYSE: UBS). She also serves as a Member of the Governing Council Business Board at the University of Toronto, a C$4 billion revenue institution.
She brings three decades of global experience with a distinctive blend of capital markets fluency, technology expertise and risk governance. Her operating experience informs her contribution to boards addressing technology and regulatory change, strategic stewardship and enterprise risk oversight in increasingly complex landscapes.
Samantha is recognized for her collaborative and resilient board stewardship, combining forward-looking strategic insight with risk oversight essential for guiding growth in complex, dynamic, and regulated environments. Her boardroom perspective is grounded in deep operating experience leveraging data analytics and AI governance to successfully navigate emerging opportunities, drive ROI and mitigate financial and operational risk.
As a data scientist, economist, entrepreneur and investment professional, Samantha has founded multiple ventures, including a data analytics firm, an emerging technology firm, a journal focused on risk, and established a research lab at New York University. Her career includes senior analytical and investment roles at the World Bank and Caxton Associates, a global macro hedge fund managing assets across public markets.
Recognized as a Financial Times Future 50 Director, Samantha is a frequent speaker at governance forums, addressing AI and data strategy, cybersecurity, financial markets and global economic trends. Her thought leadership includes Board Governance of AI and Emerging Technologies in Directors & Boards magazine and contributions to NACD Director Essentials: Implementing AI Governance, underscoring her credibility for board level technology oversight.
