Data, Dinner, and Discussion — Gartner London
Join Emma McGrattan, Actian’s CTO, and Ole Olesen-Bagneux, Chief Evangelist and O’Reilly author, for an intimate evening of conversation, insights, and good food.
Date: 11 May 2026
Time: 18:00 Cocktails | 18:30 Dinner & Discussion
Location: The Viñoly Room in Fenchurch Restaurant at the Sky Garden
An Evening With Peers
Emma and Ole are personally inviting a small group of senior data leaders to a relaxed roundtable dinner. You’ll have the chance to:
- Discuss the topics that matter most to you and your business.
- Connect with peers in a discussion led by Ole and Emma.
- Gain fresh perspectives on data management, governance, and AI readiness.
Discuss the topics that matter most to you and your business.Register Now
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Venue: The Viñoly Room in Fenchurch Restaurant at the Sky Garden
Located at Fenchurch Restaurant, the private Viñoly Room offers an intimate setting high above the City. Set within the Sky Garden, it combines refined British dining with uninterrupted views across London, providing a comfortable setting for a roundtable dinner and informal discussion.
Our Speakers
Emma McGrattan
CTO, Actian
As Chief Technology Officer at Actian, Emma McGrattan leads the company’s technology strategy, innovation, and product development in support of Actian’s mission to simplify how companies connect, manage, govern, and analyze data to transform businesses. Since joining the company three decades ago, Emma has played a pivotal role in the evolution and advancement of its analytics, data integration, and data management solutions, including the Actian Data Platform.
Ole Olesen-Bagneux
VP, Chief Evangelist, Actian
Ole Olesen-Bagneux is a globally recognized thought leader in metadata management and enterprise data architecture. As VP, Chief Evangelist at Actian, he drives industry awareness and adoption of modern approaches to data intelligence, drawing on his extensive expertise in data management, metadata, data catalogs, and decentralized architectures.
An accomplished author, Ole has written The Enterprise Data Catalog (O’Reilly, 2023). He recently published Fundamentals of Metadata Management (O’Reilly, 2025), introducing a novel metadata architecture known as the Meta Grid. With a PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Copenhagen, his unique perspective bridges traditional information science with modern data management. Before joining Actian, Ole served as Chief Evangelist at Zeenea, where he played a key role in shaping and communicating the company’s technology vision. His industry experience includes leadership roles in enterprise architecture and data strategy at major pharmaceutical companies, such as Novo Nordisk.
Ole is passionate about scalable metadata architectures, knowledge graphs, and enabling organizations to make data truly discoverable and usable.