{"id":1754,"date":"2026-03-17T17:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=1754"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:50:41","slug":"louise-burke","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louise is the ODI\u2019s Chief Executive Officer and leads the team to deliver on the organisation\u2019s mission and vision. Having joined the ODI in 2012, Louise previously held roles as chief finance officer and chief operating officer. She has expertise in data governance, data literacy, data institutions, data assurance and innovation, as well as a professional background in accountancy and finance. She was named one of the 100 Top Influencers across the UK\u2019s open technology communities in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>With a career that has involved building many businesses from the ground up and expertise in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, and scaling, Louise has commercial acumen and a commitment to delivering on the ODI\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p>As an accountancy professional, she has lectured in the UK and overseas for the ACCA and CIMA and has authored academic books, study systems and business articles.<br \/>\nAlthough Louise loves working, she also makes time for the gym, theatre visits, and time with her family. She\u2019s also a school governor and mentors teenagers in her free time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1809,"template":"","speaker-category":[10],"class_list":["post-1754","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-speaker"],"acf":{"position":"CEO","business":177,"email":"","phone":"","website":"","address":"","linkedin":"","facebook":"","instagram":"","youtube":"","x":"","bluesky":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Louise Burke - Data Decoded LDN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Louise Burke\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louise is the ODI\u2019s Chief Executive Officer and leads the team to deliver on the organisation\u2019s...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Data Decoded LDN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataDecoded\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T14:50:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DataDecoded_HQ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/\",\"name\":\"Louise Burke - Data Decoded LDN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T17:14:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T14:50:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"LOUISE BURKE CEO, Open Data Institute (ODI)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Louise Burke\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/\",\"name\":\"Data Decoded LDN\",\"description\":\"22-23 Apr 2026, Olympia London\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Data Decoded LDN\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/SS005579-DATA-DECODED-LDN-SITE-HEADER-scaled.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/SS005579-DATA-DECODED-LDN-SITE-HEADER-scaled.webp\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"Data Decoded LDN\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataDecoded\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DataDecoded_HQ\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/105812864\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DataDecodedHQ\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Louise Burke - Data Decoded LDN","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Louise Burke","og_description":"Louise is the ODI\u2019s Chief Executive Officer and leads the team to deliver on the organisation\u2019s...","og_url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/","og_site_name":"Data Decoded LDN","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataDecoded","article_modified_time":"2026-03-23T14:50:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@DataDecoded_HQ","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/","url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/","name":"Louise Burke - Data Decoded LDN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-03-17T17:14:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T14:50:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/LOUISE-BURKE-CEO-Open-Data-Institute-ODI.jpeg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"LOUISE BURKE CEO, Open Data Institute (ODI)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/louise-burke\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Louise Burke"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/","name":"Data Decoded LDN","description":"22-23 Apr 2026, Olympia London","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#organization","name":"Data Decoded LDN","url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/SS005579-DATA-DECODED-LDN-SITE-HEADER-scaled.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/SS005579-DATA-DECODED-LDN-SITE-HEADER-scaled.webp","width":2560,"height":1280,"caption":"Data Decoded LDN"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataDecoded","https:\/\/x.com\/DataDecoded_HQ","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/105812864\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DataDecodedHQ"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business\/177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speaker-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-category?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}