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Kay Firth-Butterfield

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Executive Director at Centre for Trustworthy Technology
📍 United States

Kay Firth-Butterfield is the CEO of Good Tech Advisory, recognized as a leading global expert on AI governance. A former Head of AI at the World Economic Forum and a TIME Impact awardee, she has a background as a barrister and judge, applying her legal and human rights expertise to technology. She is a Barrister at Law.

She has an abiding interest in how humanity can equitably benefit from new technologies. Kays work is informed by her background in human rights law and she advocates for human-centered AI, particularly in high-stakes areas like healthcare, a perspective deepened by her personal journey as a cancer survivor.

Unique fact: In 2014, she became the worlds first-ever Chief AI Ethics Officer.

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Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
United States
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Responsible AI
A core theme in her work, she was the world's first Chief AI Ethics Officer and frequently speaks on designing, developing, and deploying AI responsibly to maintain trust.
AI Governance
As the former inaugural Head of AI at the World Economic Forum, she is a foremost expert on creating guidelines and frameworks for AI governance across industries and governments.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Executive Director
Centre for Trustworthy Technology
9-2020
Board Member
Earth Species Project
4-2020
Associate Barrister
Doughty Street Chambers
2-2019
Master of the Inner Temple, London
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
2017
Techinical Advisory Group
Foundation for Responsible Robots
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Education
Called to the Bar
Inner Temple
Barrister at Law
Inns of Court School of Law
Law Society Exams
Law Society of England and Wales
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