“Expert advice means so much more when it comes from people who understand the pressures of leadership.”
Founding Director Sue Turner OBE set up AI Governance Limited to help leaders understand AI properly, govern it well and use it for the benefit of their organisation and society. We work with UK, European and global organisations of every type and size, from listed companies and privately held businesses to charities, membership organisations, regulators, professional bodies and the public sector.
Credentials and recognition
- MSc Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (Distinction, 2021), on the first cohort of the UK Government-backed conversion course Masters degree.
- Professor in Practice for AI and Technologies, University of Bristol Business School.
- Founder member of the United Nations AI Skills Coalition.
- OBE for Services to Social Justice, awarded by King Charles III.
Why Sue founded AI Governance
“In my career, which spans leadership roles in dynamic entrepreneurial businesses and leading not-for-profits, I’ve been amazed by how much data organisations have that they don’t use. Back in 2018 I had heard about Natural Language Processing, a type of artificial intelligence that can analyse text. When I asked experts at universities and other businesses how to apply it in my organisation, no-one was able to tell me how.
“The more I learnt about AI, the more I realised it was likely to marginalise disadvantaged people even further. It was clear we needed people from all backgrounds to get into AI and data, to push for it to take all views into account and ensure it benefits everyone, not just those wanting to make big bucks.
“I figured I would have to learn AI for myself. I looked at many Executive Education and online courses. They were either wildly expensive, too superficial to be useful or impossible to combine with working as both a CEO and Non-Executive Director. So I joined the first cohort of MSc AI & Data Science students on the UK Government-backed conversion course. During that year of full-time study, as well as learning to code in Python, honing my skills in data analysis and building many machine learning and deep learning models, I was inspired to set up AI Governance to support other business leaders to learn about AI, how to use it wisely and to benefit society.”
Sue is supported by a network of specialist associates in AI ethics and behavioural change.
About Sue Turner OBE
Sue has dedicated her career to growing businesses and helping people improve their prospects. A Law graduate from the University of Bristol, she has a reputation for combining innovation with scrupulous good governance across private, not-for-profit and public sectors. After completing her MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science with Distinction in 2021, she founded AI Governance Limited to advise and deliver training to businesses, not-for-profits and policy makers on pragmatic AI, data ethics and governance.
Sue is passionate about promoting social justice and was awarded an OBE for Services to Social Justice. She has helped many businesses make a genuine, positive societal impact, and pledges around 10% of her time each year to actively supporting charities and social causes.
Previous board and executive roles include Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration & Nominations Committee for Cornish Mutual Assurance, Non-Executive Director of North Somerset Environment Company, and Chief Executive Officer of Quartet Community Foundation, one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the UK. During her tenure at Quartet, she and the team more than doubled the permanent endowment to over £50 million and increased annual grant-making to over £5 million in support of small, local causes.
Sue’s wider career also encompasses time as Director of Communications for The Bristol Port Company (the UK’s most centrally located deep-sea port), South West Director for the CBI (“the voice of UK business”), and Director of a national charity which worked with businesses to encourage young people to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
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Book Sue to speak at your event
Sue is an accomplished speaker giving keynote presentations, workshops and participating in panel sessions for cliens from Fortune 100 businesses to global summits. Recent presentation themes include operationalising Responsible AI, AI and the future of work and how to find the right AI use cases for your organisation.
It was a great presentation, thoughtful and thought-provoking in equal measure, which prompted lots of discussion on the tables and over drinks afterwards. You left people with a clear sense of the opportunities offered by AI as well as a realistic sense of some of the threats, cutting through the hyperbole.
Non-Executive Director Summit
One of the very best presentations I have seen on ESG. Sue Turner was outstanding as a speaker with her concepts and practical examples. I’ll be sharing this with the Exec and the Board.
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