Eric Topham is an accomplished data scientist, CEO, and AI council member with over a decade of multidisciplinary experience in several organizations in the UK. He holds a doctorate degree in Zoology from the University of Oxford, a master's degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation from Imperial College London, and a natural science bachelor's degree from the University of Cambridge. Eric is the CEO and Data Science Director of The Data Analysis Bureau, an innovation company that develops and builds machine learning solutions. His key areas of responsibility are setting the vision and strategy of T-DAB, driving innovation and research, and overseeing the technical delivery of services and products. Besides, he takes a keen interest in mentoring younger scientists, developing best practices and placing ethics at the core of what they do. As a former Chief Scientist at Get-Optimal.com, he oversaw the research and development of algorithms aiming to improve online advertising campaigns' performance. Eric was also a former Chief Scientist at ai.market and a consultant data scientist for the National Health Service (NHS) England. He has delivered over fifty commercial projects, three products, and conducted two years of research and development in collaboration with academia. Eric's expertise is in machine learning, data science, data engineering, and statistical programming. He is also a former consultant statistician at UCL's Vascular Physiology Unit and a former data scientist at the London Ambulance Service. In his free time, Eric is an amateur high-performance sailor with impressive leadership, program development, business, and sponsorship skills.