Rebecca Finlay

With an influential career at the intersection of technology and society, Rebecca now leads the Partnership on AI. As CEO of this global nonprofit, her mission is to bring together over 120 partners in 16 countries to ensure developments in AI advance positive outcomes for people and society. Prior to PAI, she held leadership roles in civil society, industry and research, and founded one of the first international, multistakeholder initiatives on the impact of AI in society at CIFAR, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Her insights have been featured in books, media and venues including The Financial Times, The Guardian, Nature Machine Intelligence, SXSW, the Wall Street Journal, the OECD and FTC. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) and sits on expert advisory bodies in Canada, Europe and the U.S. She lives in Toronto, Canada and holds degrees from McGill University and the University of Cambridge.