Summary
George Papadatos is an award-winning data and analytics leader with 12 years’ experience designing and delivering enterprise data and AI strategies across R&D and life sciences. As Global Head of Data and AI Strategy at Syngenta Group (and previously leading data strategy for R&D at GSK), he builds operating models, governance, technical capabilities and cross-functional teams to accelerate data-driven science and product delivery. His background in chemoinformatics and large-scale text-mining (EMBL‑EBI, ChEMBL, SureChEMBL) gives him rare domain fluency in both molecular science and scalable data engineering. He combines hands-on experience with cloud-deployed data platforms, FAIR/data stewardship advocacy, and proven change leadership to drive adoption among scientists and engineers. Based in Cambridge, he blends academic rigor (PhD in Chemoinformatics) with industrial delivery, often translating complex scientific needs into practical, production-ready data assets.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, BSc (Hons) Chemistry at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon
PhD Chemoinformatics, PhD Chemoinformatics at The University of Sheffield