Poonam Agate

At the National House Building Council (NHBC), the UK’s leading provider of new-home warranties and insurance, modernising data didn’t start with replacing the legacy estate. Instead, the team got the data out, moved it into Snowflake with Fivetran, and used dbt Labs to turn it into trusted, usable data, answering real business questions in weeks rather than years. That foundation now powers NHBC's AI initiatives, none of which would have been possible without getting the data right first. In this fireside chat, Rachael Bland, Chief Data Officer at NHBC, shares how NHBC built its modern data foundation with Fivetran + dbt: where the team found value fastest, what she’d sequence differently, and what technology can genuinely solve versus the organisational work no platform can do for you. Attendees will leave with practical lessons for starting small, moving fast, and building a foundation that holds up as the organisation scales.