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Adrian joined Bentley Motors as Chief Data Officer in 2025 with a remit to implement a data strategy that ensures Bentley continues to provide the benchmark for performance and luxury in its products. His particular focus for 2026 and 2027 is making data available more easily to a wider part of the business through better defined ownership and improved data technology. He is also a key driver of developing Bentley\u2019s AI capability, delivering the data foundations that supports the AI Strategy as well as owning AI Governance for the organisation, ensuring AI use cases comply with legislation and Bentley\u2019s own risk appetite. Prior to Bentley he spent 10 years at Phoenix Group\/Standard Life, latterly as Head of Data Strategy & Enablement and 15 years in Consulting for PwC, Deloitte, Capgemini and LogicaCMG supporting clients through their data challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1887,"template":"","speaker-category":[10],"class_list":["post-1886","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-speaker"],"acf":{"position":"Chief Data Officer","business":1888,"email":"","phone":"","website":"","address":"","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adrianblackman\/","facebook":"","instagram":"","youtube":"","x":"","bluesky":"","whatsapp":""},"yoast_head":"\nAdrian Blackman - 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\/adrian-blackman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adrian Blackman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adrian joined Bentley Motors as Chief Data Officer in 2025 with a remit to implement a...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/speakers\/adrian-blackman\/\" \/>\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=\"2026-09-09T11:27:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/Adrian-Blackman-BW.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1016\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1354\" \/>\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\\\/adrian-blackman\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/datadecoded.com\\\/mcr\\\/speakers\\\/adrian-blackman\\\/\",\"name\":\"Adrian Blackman - 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