Data governance - Role
Data owner
The person accountable for how a set of data is used, accessed and kept fit for purpose
What's it for?
Makes one person accountable for whether a set of data is suitable, protected and properly used.
For example…
The Head of Sales owns the pipeline dataset and decides who may see forecast figures.
The finance director is the data owner for official revenue figures and approves who can use them and what definition counts as revenue
Think of it like…
Shop manager responsible for stock quality and who gets the keys—not every shelf-stacker