Saielle DaSilva

Saielle DaSilva

Head of Product Strategy Sainsbury's
Saielle DaSilva

Saielle DaSilva is Senior Head of Product for AI, Data Platforms, & Sustainability at Sainsbury’s, where she drives the strategic design and delivery of AI-powered solutions across one of the UK’s largest retail operations. With over 15 years of experience leading high-stakes transformation initiatives, she has a proven track record of turning complex technical investments into measurable business outcomes—modernizing AT&T’s network infrastructure, scaling Pivotal’s cloud platforms, and now shaping data and AI strategy at enterprise scale.

A keynote speaker at events like Mind the Product and a board advisor on ethical AI, Saielle is recognized for bridging the gap between visionary AI strategies and practical, high-impact execution. Her expertise spans search optimization, enterprise data platform architecture, and responsible AI practices, with successes across industries from retail to automotive and telecommunications.

Saielle’s leadership style centers on building AI systems that deliver sustainable, trusted value. She empowers teams and organizations to innovate responsibly, ensuring that cutting-edge technology serves real-world needs while reinforcing user trust and organizational integrity.

Main Day 1 - Wednesday 21st January

11:00 AM Presentation – Democratising Data: Building Cross-Departmental Literacy for Scalable Impact

As data becomes central to every business function, empowering departments beyond the data team to understand, manage and leverage their own data is no longer optional, it's strategic. This session explores how cross-departmental data literacy reduces strain on central teams, improves governance, and unlocks new opportunities for data product development by:

  • Enabling departments to identify, interpret and act on their own data assets.
  • Establishing scalable training and tooling to foster data ownership across teams.
  • Clarifying what data can be shared, and how, according to current and evolving data governance policies.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Saielle.

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