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TERESA HEITSENRETHER
TOP 10 – AI LEADERS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

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TERESA HEITSENRETHER

ROLE: CHIEF DATA & ANALYTICS OFFICER
COMPANY: JPMORGAN CHASE
Teresa leads AI adoption at JPMorgan Chase, the world’ s largest bank by assets, overseeing a multi-billiondollar technology and analytics budget that supports more than 1,000 data scientists and machine learning engineers. She is responsible for scaling generative AI capabilities across the enterprise, ensuring they deliver measurable business impact across fraud detection, risk management, operations and personalised wealth management at scale.
Teresa focuses on turning advanced research into production-grade systems that operate at global scale. She also maintains stringent governance, privacy and regulatory standards, ensuring AI is deployed safely within highly regulated financial environments. Her leadership bridges research, engineering and business strategy to embed AI deeply into everyday banking services while sustaining trust, resilience and long-term value creation across the organisation.
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