Plata, Serge: - Serge Plata received his PhD in mathematics from Imperial College London. He also received an EMBA at Harvard Business School and was awarded a fellowship at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in the UK. He is a chartered mathematician (Royal Charter) and a chartered scientist (UK Science Council) in the UK. He is author of Visions of Applied Mathematics (Peter Lang, 2007) and other papers, articles and editorials for specialized magazines. He has been the keynote speaker at several data events and academic conferences in the UK and abroad. He is a certified six-sigma black belt. He has held directorship and leadership roles in data science, AI, analytics and R&D for FTSE100 and S&P 500 companies, start-ups and international management and technology consultancies.