Kay Firth-Butterfield is the CEO of Good Tech Advisory. In 2024 she has been a TIME 100 Impact Awardee 2024, Who’s Who Emerging Innovator and recognized in Who’s Who in America & Forbes 50 over 50.
She is the former Head of Artificial Intelligence and member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum and is one of the foremost experts in the world on the governance of AI. She is a Barrister, former Judge and Professor, technologist and entrepreneur who has an abiding interest in how humanity can benefit from new technologies, especially AI. She was the world’s first Chief AI Ethics officer in 2014.
Kay is author of books on Human Rights, AI and Modern Slavery and is a board member of many renowned organisations including the Polaris Council for the Government Accountability Office (USA), the Advisory Board for UNESCO International Research Centre on AI, the Advisory Board for international company ADI and Earth Species Project.
She is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas, a Visiting Scholar at the University of Notre Dame and a Fellow at New America in their Future of Work and Innovation team.
She serves on the advisory board of various international endeavours in Responsible AI including the OECD/IEEE Global Trust Challenge & UKRAI TAS Hub. She has been consistently recognized as a leading woman in AI and Leadership, including by the New York Times.
