‘The best part of working in data and AI is the constant change’
Silicon Republic February 16, 2024
Accenture’s Ankita Shrivastva talks to us about what it’s like to work in data and AI, and gives advice for women who want to break into the space.
According to Ankita Shrivastva, her entry into the data and analytics space was “unplanned and incidental”.
“Having worked in investment banking and then in part of Accenture’s financial risk management consulting team back in India, I was suddenly looking at a prospective move to Ireland with my partner,” she explains. “An opening in the local data and analytics practice in Dublin caught my interest and I applied for the role and got it.”
Shrivastva says her background in professional strategy and consulting, along with a grounding in maths and statistics, helped her...