Maryam Haghighi
Director of Enterprise Data Science and Insights, Bank of CanadaMaryam Haghighi is the Director of Enterprise Data Science and Insights at the Bank of Canada. In this role, she is responsible for the vision, development, and execution of strategies related to data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence, as well as frontier technologies applicable to macroeconomics and central banking. Over the past 15+ years, Maryam has led all aspects of a modern data and analytics practice with extensive experience in interdisciplinary leadership and strategic innovation. She successfully built the entire division of Data Science at the nation’s central bank, from the ground up.
Before joining the Bank, she pioneered the space-based data analytics systems of a new satellite constellation. She was the first woman appointed as Canada’s delegate to international advisory groups for risk management of commercial aviation under the United Nations. In her role, she oversaw the international operational standards for global air transportation and its related worldwide infrastructure. She has been applauded for successfully co-leading the largest analytics Memorandum to Cabinet that set the foundations of a multi-billion-dollar national deployment program.
Maryam holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Ottawa. She has published influential research, organized successful conferences to connect policymakers, industry leaders, and academics, and is a frequent speaker in Canadian and global settings. In 2022, she was honoured to receive the Alumni of the Year Award from the Faculty of Science of the University of Ottawa. She cares deeply about community and governance and currently serves as a board member for not-for-profit organizations.