Experience

Institut Montaigne

• France
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of the Digital Program & Resident fellow for AI and emerging technologies

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Paris, Île-de-France, France Leading policy work on AI and emerging technologies at one of France’s leading think tanks, managing a team of 3 people and working groups featuring a wide range of high-level stakeholders in business, government and academia. Authored a report on France’s strategy for building safe, general purpose AI and conducted other reports on France’s strategies for developing tech talent ; for improving cybersecurity for communes and SME’s ; for blockchain ; and for digital infrastructure… Show more Leading policy work on AI and emerging technologies at one of France’s leading think tanks, managing a team of 3 people and working groups featuring a wide range of high-level stakeholders in business, government and academia. Authored a report on France’s strategy for building safe, general purpose AI and conducted other reports on France’s strategies for developing tech talent ; for improving cybersecurity for communes and SME’s ; for blockchain ; and for digital infrastructure (storage, computing and telecoms). Also led work on European financing, conducting 7 policy briefs and a report on the future of the European banking sector.

• Head of Innovation

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  Paris, Île-de-France, France Built Institut Montaigne’s innovation programme, responsible for developing impact-driven digital products and policy experimentations leveraging the think tank’s expertise and network. Developed one of the most widely followed online AI literacy courses, Destination AI (Objectif IA in French), which has over 300 000 learners and a 70% completion rate. Collaborated with a scientific committee of 12 AI experts and researchers including Stuart Russell and Yann LeCun. Developed… Show more Built Institut Montaigne’s innovation programme, responsible for developing impact-driven digital products and policy experimentations leveraging the think tank’s expertise and network. Developed one of the most widely followed online AI literacy courses, Destination AI (Objectif IA in French), which has over 300 000 learners and a 70% completion rate. Collaborated with a scientific committee of 12 AI experts and researchers including Stuart Russell and Yann LeCun. Developed partnerships with over 80 public and private organisations and 2 national AI strategies (in France and Canada). Coordinated a working group on auditing AI systems for companies in “high risk” sectors (recruitment in particular). Co-developed a research-based mathematics programme and app with French NGO Agir pour l’école aimed at improving the maths levels of primary school students. The app and programme are currently being evaluated on ±800 children in Lille and Lyon with the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL).

• Chief of Staff

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

  Paris Area, France Assisted the Director with operational activities, including coordinating with the think tank’s policy and communication teams, preparing briefings, talking points and board meetings, and participating in fundraising meetings with Institut Montaigne’s >200 corporate members, as well as frequent policy meetings in France and abroad. Worked with the Director on strategic projects, including a paper on improving decision-making and organisational efficiency at the head of the French… Show more Assisted the Director with operational activities, including coordinating with the think tank’s policy and communication teams, preparing briefings, talking points and board meetings, and participating in fundraising meetings with Institut Montaigne’s >200 corporate members, as well as frequent policy meetings in France and abroad. Worked with the Director on strategic projects, including a paper on improving decision-making and organisational efficiency at the head of the French state.



CEN and CENELEC

• Belgium
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Committee Member, JTC 21 "Artificial Intelligence"

  • May 2023 - Present

  Paris, Île-de-France, France



Teech

• Information Technology & Services

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 2015 - Aug 2018

  London, United Kingdom Co-founded EdTech startup Teech, which provided students with on-demand access to a network of teachers from the world's best universities, via in-app video calls. Raised two rounds of seed funding (600K €), built the user base from scratch, and designed and developed the Teech App leading a team of 3 developers.



Hertford Business and Economics Society

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks

• President

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2018

  Oxford, United Kingdom Working closely with Hertford College Principal Will Hutton to organise speaker events and debates. Focus on the UK's future relationship with the EU. Past speakers include Mervyn King, Ed Balls, Chris Patten and Andrew Adonis.



Big Innovation Centre

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Analytics Project Lead

  • Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

  London, United Kingdom Helped organise the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI (APPG AI) evidence meetings for the UK Parliament. Performed exploratory data analysis around the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF).



Coral Reef IO

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Summer Intern

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2016

  London, United Kingdom Worked with the founders of early stage VC Coral Reef IO.



BeNotes

• Co-founder

  • 2013 - 2015

  Built a collaborative website aimed at free note-sharing amongst students. Grew the platform to 700 000 note views and 1200 active users.



Aegis Defence Services

• Security and Investigations

• Advisory Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  London, United Kingdom Responsible for producing up-to-date risk analysis reports on several countries around the world, including China, India, Somalia and Colombia.