Deutsche Bank Exec: "Business Users Must Be Responsible For Data"

Business users at financial firms should take responsibility for data quality, and IT and architecture staff must enable them to do this by supplying the right tools, a Deutsche Bank executive told delegates at the TSAM Europe conference in London this week.

Shannon Walker, director and lead data architect at Deutsche Bank, said ultimate responsibility for data lies with business users—rather than IT or architecture staff—because the business users cannot do their jobs without data. But she