Kay Firth-Butterfield

Kay Firth-Butterfield is the CEO of Good Tech Advisory. Among her many awards, in 2024 she was a TIME 100 Impact Awardee, Who’s Who Emerging Innovator, recognized in Who’s Who in America & Forbes 50 over 50. Her new book “Co-Existing with AI: Work, Love and Play in a Changing World was published by Wiley in January 2026. She is one of the foremost experts in the world on the use & 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 joint Head of AI at Doughty Street Chambers and a board member of the Polaris Council for the Government Accountability Office (USA), the Advisory Board for UNESCO International Research Centre on AI, The Advisory Boards of SwissRE & Fathom and the Board of EarthSpeciesProject. She serves on the advisory board of OECD/IEEE Global Trust Challenge & UKRAI TAS Hub.

She has been recognized as a leading woman in AI and Leadership by the New York Times. As the CEO of Good Tech Advisory she leads a team offering thought leadership, advice and support to companies to enable them to reap the benefits and mitigate the risks that AI brings to their enterprise.