Path forward for Data Governance: Existence Over Essence

About Our Contributing ExpertWinfried Etzel | Data Governance & Data Management Specialist & Podcast host at MetaDAMAWinfried is a senior data governance and data management practitioner, educator, and community builder with deep experience across energy, consulting, and public-sector organizations. He currently serves as Senior Specialist in Data Management at Equinor. Formerly, he served as Manager of Data Governance & Architecture at Aker BP and did extensive consulting work with Bouvet ASA.As a prominent contributor to the data community, he is the host of the MetaDAMA podcast and has been recognised as one of the Nordic 100 in Data, Analytics & AI and nominated multiple times as Data & AI Influencer of the Year.Winfried’s work is grounded in a strongly socio-technical view of data governance.