Sherman Cooper, Head of Data, QBE North America
Sherman A. Cooper is Head of Data at QBE North America, leading QBE NA’s Data Organization – with responsibly for creating and implementing organizational data strategy, leading data and analytics capabilities to enable business outcomes, driving productization and the innovation of data usage across QBE NA.
Sherman is a visionary and experienced data leader – known for his innovative leadership of data programs that drive client-centric and data-differentiated brand value, and evangelizing data-driven cultures.
Sherman is a strategic digital technologist, expert data scientist, data thought leader, data privacy expert and applied econometrician – with over 20 years of experience in big data strategy, data management (in cloud and hybrid ecosystems), data governance and privacy, and using advanced predictive and explanatory analytics, data science and AI/ML to drive actionable business and client insights. As an expert in data policy, Sherman helps organizations innovate responsibly with data to maximize the ROI of data productization, while staying ahead of evolving data privacy laws and regulation.
Previously, Sherman served as Managing Director, Big Data and Data Science Platform Leader, at Marsh. As a member of Marsh’s Digital Executive Leadership Team, Sherman led design and delivery of best-in-class digital, data and analytics products, services and solutions to transform the Marsh client experience.
Sherman was also formerly Vice President of Data Engagement, Data Strategy and Management at Mastercard – where he led global development and operationalization of strategic positions on data-related issues, including oversight of Mastercard’s Data Responsibility program to ensure ethical, consumer-centric data innovation across Mastercard’s products, solutions and services portfolios.
Sherman has held previous leadership positions at Operation HOPE, McMaster-Carr Supply Company, Delta Air Lines and Citigroup. He has also held academic appointments in advanced econometrics, micro- and macroeconomic principles and global economics at Spelman College, Morehouse College and Georgia State University.
Sherman completed his undergraduate studies in economics and Spanish at Morehouse College – and his graduate degree in economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
