Witad Awards 2021: Above and beyond award—Helen Packard, Bank of England

The Bank of England (BoE) committed in 2019 to becoming more efficient by using data and technology in supervisory processes and judgments. And in 2020, the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) implemented artificial intelligence (AI) that, among other benefits, allows supervisors to easily find information with a Google-style search.

Helen Packard, head of Brexit and digital transformation at the BoE, led the implementation, which began in March 2020 and was completed in just nine months