Natasha Davydova

Chief Information Officer AXA Insurance

Natasha Davydova is CIO of AXA UK&I. Prior to joining AXA, Natasha was Global Head of Infrastructure and Information Security and Executive Board member of Allianz Technology. Natasha is an experienced leader with a proven track record of 25+ years in technology and operations, solutions engineering, financial services, strategy and governance, operational risk management, customer-centric agile transformations and customer success, management consulting and outsourcing. Natasha’s leadership roles include Global Head of Technology in Standard Chartered Bank, Global Head of IT Strategy in Deutsche Bank, Head of Solutions Engineering UKI and CTO FS EMEA in Salesforce. Natasha has extensive international experience of people and organisational leadership, including implementation of major transformation programs in the UK & Ireland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, APAC, USA, IberoLatAm and Eastern Europe. She started her career in Accenture where she worked over 10 years delivering complex digital transformations programs. Natasha was awarded PhD certificate in Banking & Finance by London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was a Soros Foundation scholar. She holds Global Operations Management Diploma by Securities and Investments Institute UK and MSc., International Economic Relations and Finance, First Class Honours Degree. She has been volunteering as a mentor in Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. Natasha is Global CIO 100 Award Winner 2025 by HotTopics, she is also a finalist of the CIONET European Digital Leader of the Year Awards 2023 as well as Cisco WebexOne Customer Award Winner 2022 and UBS Forums “Innovation in Infrastructure Management” Award Winner 2022 for cognitive automation initiative.