Evident AI Roundtable 2024 Predictions
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
14:30-15:30 GMT / 09:30-10:30 EST
Virtual Roundtable
Mike Mayo
Managing Director, Equity Research, Wells Fargo Securities
Mike is a Managing Director and Head of U.S. Large-cap Bank Research at Wells Fargo Securities. An award winning and veteran sell side Wall Street analyst, he is also the author of the book "Exile on Wall Street: One Analyst’s Fight to Save the Big Banks From Themselves".
Jeremy Palmer
Chairman, PhysicsX
Jeremy is Chairman at PhysicsX. He is also the former CEO of QuantumBlack and a Senior Partner at McKinsey. He led QuantumBlack through its acquisition to McKinsey, and it grew to be a global leader in advanced analytics, expanding across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Evident
Alexandra has spent the last 25 years ranking and quantifying complex societal and political forces. She started her career at Moody’s, then Morgan Stanley, later became CEO of ARC Ratings and then Director of the Prosperity Index. Most recently, Alexandra was a Founding Partner at Tortoise Media, where she ran Tortoise Intelligence, the Index and data business. Here, she was the architect of the groundbreaking Global AI Index, the first benchmark to track the strength of national AI ecosystems. She holds a degree in economics, mathematics and game theory from the University of Copenhagen.
Annabel Ayles
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Evident
Annabel started her career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, largely working with media clients across the UK and US. She then became a Partner at Tortoise Media, where she ran the commercial team and became fascinated by the indices Alexandra was developing. She brings a wealth of strategy, sales and partnerships expertise with experience across startups and major corporations. She holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
This past year was a rollercoaster for AI transformation - with no signs of slowing down as we look ahead to 2024. Fuelled by data from the latest Evident AI Index, this session explored key trends within the banking sector and we offered our initial predictions of what opportunities and challenges next year holds in store.
We chewed over these bets with friends of Evident that have contributed to and informed our continuing research and perspectives on where the race to AI Maturity is headed next.
For a deep dive into our predictions, check out our Evident AI Symposium: Event Recap page.
Watch the full Roundtable here:
Our Predictions for 2024 included:
1. Generative AI Accelerates from Promise to Reality
2. AI Leaders Expand Presence on Operating Committees
3. AI Talent Escapes Right Sizing & Cost Reduction
4. Banks Shift Mindset from: What can AI do? → What ROI does AI create?
5. Banks Provide the Blueprint for Emerging AI Regulation
6. The Gap Between Leaders vs. Laggards Shortens or Widens?
