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Maja Pantic
Jennifer Hartsock
TOP 100 WOMEN

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Maja Pantic

Title: Chief AI Research Officer Company: NatWest Industry: Financial Services
Maja heads up AI research at NatWest, driving human-centric AI innovations for banking services. She pioneers emotion AI and multimodal systems, enhancing customer interactions, fraud detection and personalised finance. Previously a professor at Imperial College, her foundational work in affective computing transforms NatWest’ s AI strategy for ethical scalable banking solutions.

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Jennifer Hartsock

Title: Chief Information & Digital Officer Company: Cargill Industry: Agriculture
Jennifer leads Cargill’ s digital transformation, integrating AI across global food supply chains, agriculture and nutrition. She drives data platforms, predictive analytics and Gen AI to optimise operations, enhance sustainability and deliver customer insights. Her leadership accelerates AI innovation, ensuring secure scalable solutions for Cargill’ s enterprise-wide impact.
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