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Dru Patel is currently a Data Lead at The Football Association and has over 20 years experience in data and analytics across various industries such as Sports, Government, Publishing and Aviation.<\/p>\n

Dru is a dynamic leader whose passion is to ensure that data is at the heart of the organisation, whether that is through business transformation, unlocking new opportunities to deliver value or optimising current practices to drive efficiency.<\/p>\n

Dru\u2019s expertise lies in building and delivering a robust data and analytics strategy by connecting the various threads between the business, data, digital and technology to achieve strategic business outcomes and inform future strategies to drive growth and innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2034,"template":"","speaker-category":[10],"class_list":["post-2033","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-speaker"],"acf":{"position":"Data Lead","business":2031,"email":"","phone":"","website":"","address":"","linkedin":"","facebook":"","instagram":"","youtube":"","x":"","bluesky":""},"yoast_head":"\nDru Patel - 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\/dru-patel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dru Patel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dru Patel is currently a Data Lead at The Football Association and has over 20 years...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/dru-patel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Data Decoded LDN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataDecoded\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Dru-Patel-BW-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2423\" \/>\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\/dru-patel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/ldn\/speakers\/dru-patel\/\",\"name\":\"Dru Patel - 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