About the Alliance

The Alliance for Data Science Professionals is a collaboration of learned societies and partner institutions that maintain a trusted professional framework for data science.

Building trusted standards for a changing profession

Our work brings together professional institutions, academic experts, and industry leaders to define and maintain standards that reflect modern data science practice.

Through shared governance, transparent assessment, and continuous review, we support a professional pathway that is rigorous, inclusive, and recognized across sectors.

Award ceremony recipients holding their Alliance certificates

“As Chair of the Alliance for Data Science Professionals, I am proud to support the delivery of certifications and accreditations that are making a real difference to the data science profession – benefiting practitioners, organisations and society alike through the application of robust, relevant and ethical standards.”

Professor Edward Rochead
Chair, Alliance for Data Science Professionals

Meet the Board and Executive Group Members

The Alliance is guided by a dedicated Board and Executive Group drawn from across leading professional bodies and the wider data science community. Together, they provide strategic leadership, uphold our standards, and ensure the continued development of a trusted and globally recognised profession.

  • Ed Rochead

    Ed Rochead

    Chair

  • Gillian Arnold

    Gillian Arnold

    Deputy Chair

  • Donna LaLonde

    Donna LaLonde

    American Statistical Association (ASA)

  • Ron Wasserstein

    Ron Wasserstein

    American Statistical Association (ASA)

  • Matt Forshaw

    Matt Forshaw

    The Alan Turing Institute and Newcastle University.

  • Colette Fletcher

    Colette Fletcher

    The Operational Research Society

  • Paul Glaister

    Paul Glaister

    Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)

  • Patricia Barlow

    Patricia Barlow

    BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT