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Maria Zervou

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Chief AI Officer EMEA at Databricks
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Maria Zervou is the Chief AI Officer for EMEA at Databricks, where she helps leaders translate AI ambition into measurable business outcomes. With a background in data science and machine learning, she focuses on bridging the gap between complex technology and executive strategy to drive enterprise value and responsible AI adoption.

Outside of work, Maria is a content creator who co-hosts the "VectorLab" YouTube channel to make AI concepts accessible. She recently embraced cycling, committing to an 80km charity ride even before owning a bike, which showcases her willingness to dive into new challenges.

Interesting fact: Maria co-founded the "VectorLab" YouTube channel, growing its community to over 10,000 subscribers by sharing practical AI and data insights.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Chief AI Officer EMEA
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Topics Maria cares about

AI for Business
Helps executives connect AI initiatives to real business outcomes, focusing on strategy and avoiding common implementation pitfalls to generate enterprise value.
Accessible AI Education
Co-hosts the "VectorLab" YouTube channel, which she started with colleagues to make complex topics in AI and data pipelines accessible to a broad audience.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Chief AI Officer EMEA
Databricks
2-2025 - 10-2025
ML/AI Product Specalist EMEA
Databricks
9-2022 - 2-2025
ML & GenAI Specialist | D&B Lead
Databricks
9-2019 - 10-2020
Senior Data Scientist
BT
11-2017 - 9-2019
Data Scientist
Kantar
In the press

Media appearances

Maria Zervou – Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 Speaker Profile. Featured in Databricks (Data + AI Summit)
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Building Enterprise AI: Databricks' Chief AI Officer Maria Zervou. Featured in Akash Bajwa (akashbajwa.co)
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Education
2015 - 2016
Master's degree
UCL
2011 - 2015
Bachelor's degree
Athens University of Economics and Business
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