The Data Governance Professionals Organization is proud to announce Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) the Winner of the 2025 DGPO Data Governance Best Practice Award.
Alejandro Alvarez, Chief of Data Analytics Office, BROU, said, “At BANCO REPUBLICA O. DEL URUGUAY, we are proud to receive this award, the first for LATAM, as a public bank from Uruguay. It reflects our commitment to efficient management and strong data governance, to deliver real value to society and our clients.”
Here are comments from a few of our judges:
Michele Koch, Sr. Director, Enterprise Data Intelligence at Maximus offered: “BROU’s data governance journey is a progressive roadmap to achieving their goals and clearly defined business needs. The program’s focus on strong roles and relationships, communication approaches, and applied policies and methodologies clearly contributed to their success. Congratulations to the BROU DG team!”
Troy Heninger, Director of Data Governance and Data Quality at St. Luke’s Health System shared: “BROU’s client-focused data culture has significantly enhanced engagement in data quality and data governance, delivering sustainable and scalable results that truly set them apart—earning them the well-deserved 2025 DGPO Best Practice award.”
and finally, from DGPO Lead Judge Jimm Johnson, Sr. Manager, Data Governance at HireRight: “Through hard work, persistence, and creativity, BROU placed data at the heart of their organization and built an impressive data culture around it. They are well-positioned for the growing data and AI challenges that lie ahead. Well done, team BROU! ¡Felicidades!”
The 2025 DGPO Data Governance Best Practice Award Judging Panel was comprised of:
- Michele Koch (previous DGPO Award Head Judge), Sr. Director, Enterprise Data Intelligence at Maximus
- Diane E. Schmidt (2023 Award Winner, London Stock Exchange Group), currently Managing Director, Enterprise Data & Corporate Technology at the DTCC
- Troy Heninger, (2024 Award Winner, St. Luke’s Health System), Director of Data Governance and Data Quality at St. Luke’s
- Jimm Johnson (DGPO VP, Professional Development), Sr. Manager, Data Governance at HireRight
- Kira Chuchom (DGPO President), Chief Data Officer for the City and County of Honolulu
Congratulations, Alejandro and the entire Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) team!!
The DGPO hopes you can attend DGIQ+EDW May 5-9 in Anaheim, California, and learn why Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) is the Winner of the 2025 Award. Here is more information regarding BROU’s presentation on May 7th at 12:00PM.
About the award:
The award is given to the practitioners within a non-vendor organization in recognition of the business value and technical excellence they have achieved in the design and implementation of an outstanding data governance program.
Each submission was judged on responses to the following criteria:
- Business need(s) being addressed
- Approach used to design, develop, and implement the program
- Scope and depth of the Data Governance Program as well as program longevity
- Data governance defined roles and responsibilities
- Communications and marketing approaches
- Policies, procedures, and processes established
- Program metrics and business value provided