Ninety One  ·  Atlas  ·  The Programme
Atlas Data Strategy · Jun 2026
The team, the structure, and the plan.
Data Council Governs Atlas
Khadeeja Bassier
COO / Executive Sponsor
Lucia Pino-Garcia
CTO / Programme Owner
Deepshika Hariparsad
Technology Strategy / Programme Lead
John McNab · Pete Kent · Rhynhardt Roodt
Investments
Sarah McLeland
Client Group
Cora Kielblock
Operations
Stephan Kemp · Isabel Lovett
Central Services (Finance, HC, Risk)
Core Delivery Team
Programme Owner · CTO
Lucia Pino-Garcia
Programme Lead
Deepshika Hariparsad
Data Trust & Management
Lorian Barrett
Ivan Cross · Andrea Johannes · Chantal Willemburg · Halima Vahed
Alex Hoang (External Support)
EDP & Engineering
Scott Carr
Matt Clark · Chris Lawford · Murali Ramachandran
Domain Team Repeated per domain
Data Owner
Data Steward(s)
Data Engineer(s)
Product Delivery Manager
Additional Internal Support
Client Group Tech
Shelley Mussett
Ops Tech
Jason Lotter
Inv Tech
Dave Palmer
Information Security
Sam Rule
Central Services Tech
Mark Kalis · Astrid Ross
Advisory Council
Cross-divisional experts
Programme timeline
Three phases to scale
Phase 1
Foundations
May – Jun 2026
Mobilise team & RFPs
Final domain matrix
Framework design
Wave prioritisation
Phase 2
Pilot & Validate
July 2026
Benchmarks
Marketing Content
AUM & Flows
Goal: Atlas Playbook
Phase 3
Scale
Aug 2026 →
Acceleration workshops
Wave-based delivery
Domain teams self-organise
Goal: Federated independence
Parallel: Education programme runs from June 2026 — mandatory for all Data Owners, Stewards and Engineers