Colleen Spence

Colleen Spence has over 18 years of work experience in data and analytics. Colleen currently holds a position as the Director of Data and Analytics - Europe at Sedgwick, where they are responsible for the implementation of data infrastructure and analytics practices based on the principles set out by the FinOps Foundation. Prior to this, they were the Head of Data and Analytics - FinOps at Sedgwick, where they led the FinOps practice to optimize global cloud computing investments. Colleen also served as the Head of Data Science at Sedgwick UK, leading the data strategy and thought leadership of the company.

Before joining Sedgwick, Colleen worked at RSA as an Analytics Lead, where they collaborated with senior stakeholders to generate analytical outputs that improved business performance. Additionally, they served as a Data Scientist (Contract) at Legal & General and held a Senior Business Analyst role at John Lewis & Partners, where they provided strategic customer-level analysis and developed loyalty segmentation models.

Colleen has also worked as a Marketing Operations Transition Support Manager at Virgin Media and a Data Scientist (Contract) at RAPP, providing strategic customer analysis for various brands. Colleen began their career as a Senior Customer Analytics Consultant at DST Applied Analytics and Director of Customer Analytics at EYC. Colleen has expertise in predictive modeling and has worked on projects for companies such as BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and Fulcrum Analytics.

Overall, Colleen Spence has demonstrated a strong background in data and analytics, with experience in leading teams, developing data strategies, and utilizing advanced analytics techniques.

Colleen Spence has a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Bradford. Additionally, they hold an MSc in Statistics with Applications in Medicine from the University of Southampton. Furthermore, they have obtained various certifications in data engineering, business intelligence, time series analysis, and visualization from institutions such as LinkedIn, dbt Labs, Snowflake, DataCamp, and the FinOps Foundation.