Richard Leaton

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<p>Richard&nbsp;Leaton&nbsp;has&nbsp;spent&nbsp;his&nbsp;career&nbsp;helping&nbsp;manufacturers&nbsp;turn&nbsp;information&nbsp;into&nbsp;competitive&nbsp;advantage.&nbsp;Starting&nbsp;in&nbsp;quality&nbsp;and&nbsp;operations&nbsp;at&nbsp;General&nbsp;Electric,&nbsp;he&nbsp;rose&nbsp;through&nbsp;technology&nbsp;and&nbsp;data&nbsp;leadership&nbsp;roles,&nbsp;served&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;CIO&nbsp;within&nbsp;GE,&nbsp;and&nbsp;later&nbsp;became&nbsp;Deputy&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Data&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;AI&nbsp;Officer&nbsp;at&nbsp;Deloitte.&nbsp;Today,&nbsp;he&nbsp;leads&nbsp;Data,&nbsp;Analytics&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;AI&nbsp;for&nbsp;Novelis,&nbsp;the&nbsp;world&#39;s&nbsp;leading&nbsp;aluminum&nbsp;rolling&nbsp;and&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;company&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;metals&nbsp;flagship&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Aditya&nbsp;Birla&nbsp;Group,&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;India&#39;s&nbsp;leading&nbsp;global&nbsp;conglomerates.&nbsp;Across&nbsp;an&nbsp;$18.4&nbsp;billion&nbsp;enterprise&nbsp;with&nbsp;12,750&nbsp;employees,&nbsp;29&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;manufacturing&nbsp;facilities,&nbsp;and&nbsp;11&nbsp;innovation&nbsp;centers&nbsp;across&nbsp;four&nbsp;continents,&nbsp;Richard&nbsp;is&nbsp;helping&nbsp;scale&nbsp;and&nbsp;expand&nbsp;AI&nbsp;capabilities&nbsp;that&nbsp;were&nbsp;already&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;value&nbsp;in&nbsp;Novelis&nbsp;operations.&nbsp;He&nbsp;is&nbsp;accelerating&nbsp;enterprise-wide&nbsp;adoption&nbsp;of&nbsp;generative&nbsp;and&nbsp;agentic&nbsp;AI&nbsp;for&nbsp;thousands&nbsp;of&nbsp;employees&nbsp;while&nbsp;extending&nbsp;the&nbsp;reach&nbsp;of&nbsp;computer&nbsp;vision,&nbsp;predictive&nbsp;maintenance,&nbsp;and&nbsp;industrial&nbsp;AI&nbsp;solutions&nbsp;across&nbsp;global&nbsp;manufacturing&nbsp;operations.&nbsp;His&nbsp;mission&nbsp;is&nbsp;simple:&nbsp;make&nbsp;AI&nbsp;practical,&nbsp;trusted,&nbsp;and&nbsp;valuable&nbsp;for&nbsp;both&nbsp;the&nbsp;people&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;office&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;people&nbsp;making&nbsp;the&nbsp;product.</p>