Amy Challen

Amy Challen is an accomplished professional known for her expertise in connecting data science with business opportunities to drive value from AI and enhance organizational performance.

Currently serving as a key figure in Shell's Global Commercial business line, she leads the development of AI-enabled products and services, leveraging her extensive background in data science and AI.

With a robust career spanning academia, consulting with McKinsey and QuantumBlack, and independent consulting, Amy has over a decade of experience in data science modeling, data preparation, and designing impactful policy experiments.

Her skills extend to embedding AI models into operations, scaling up analytics interventions for value realization, advanced analytics capability building, analytics and AI strategy, and designing course materials for internal and external analytics capability enhancement.

Amy's ability to function as a 'translator' between data and business impact is underscored by her background in data science coupled with broad consulting experience across various industries such as banking, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, and advanced manufacturing, as well as public sector organizations.

Recognized for exceptional people leadership at McKinsey, she excels in developing and motivating diverse teams to deliver large projects effectively.

Amy Challen's educational journey includes a Ph.D. in Applied Econometrics, a Master's Degree in Economics with Distinction from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and various other academic pursuits at prestigious institutions like Princeton University and the University of Oxford.

Her professional experience includes roles such as General Manager Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics Lead at Shell, Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, and Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, among others.