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Rukayat Balogun is an Enterprise Data Strategist, AI Governance Leader, author and international speaker whose work spans data strategy, governance, responsible AI and digital transformation. She focuses on how organisations can strengthen trust in data, improve decision making and develop governance approaches that enable responsible innovation.<\/p>\n

She is a co-author of the AI Global Manual and has contributed to initiatives advancing AI literacy and responsible technology adoption across government, academia and professional communities. Beyond her professional work, Rukayat contributes to the wider technology community through speaking, research, mentoring and STEM engagement.<\/p>\n

Her work explores the intersection of data, governance, leadership and emerging technology, with a particular interest in how organisations can turn trusted information into better decisions and sustainable organisational value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1764,"template":"","speaker-category":[10],"class_list":["post-1763","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-speaker"],"acf":{"position":"Enterprise Data Strategist and AI Governance Leader","business":1765,"email":"","phone":"","website":"","address":"","linkedin":"","facebook":"","instagram":"","youtube":"","x":"","bluesky":"","whatsapp":""},"yoast_head":"\nRukayat Balogun - Data Decoded MCR<\/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\/mcr\/speakers\/rukayat-balogun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rukayat Balogun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rukayat Balogun is an Enterprise Data Strategist, AI Governance Leader, author and international speaker whose work...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/speakers\/rukayat-balogun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Data Decoded MCR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataDecoded\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-10T11:45:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/08\/Rukayat-Balogun.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1021\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1242\" \/>\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\\\/mcr\\\/speakers\\\/rukayat-balogun\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/datadecoded.com\\\/mcr\\\/speakers\\\/rukayat-balogun\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rukayat Balogun - 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