[3] She specializes in index creation, using data to build benchmarks that rank nations, companies and other entities on key social and technological issues.
Her grandfather, Sir William Dickson was Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Defence Staff and a Knight Commander of the British Empire; through him she is a direct descendant of Lord Nelson.
[6] She then moved to Morgan Stanley in London as head of country risk management for EMEA, before returning to Moody's as assistant vice president for the Africa sovereign ratings portfolio.
The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life.
Tortoise Media is a journalistic platform, founded by James Harding, the Former Director of BBC News, Katie Vanneck-Smith, the former President of The Wall Street Journal and Matthew Barzun, Obama's former ambassador to the UK.
The Index has already been recognised by a range of the companies and other non-governmental organisations, as a comprehensive expression of the action and commitment being made in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.
[13] The index will draw on a range of primary data to measure the capacity for artificial intelligence – specifically through the processes of innovation, investment and implementation – amongst OECD nations.
The Global AI Index has been featured in a number of publications, including WIRED,[14] Politico,[15] Irish Times,[16] The South China Morning Post[17] and Medium.
[18] The Global AI Index advisory board includes Stuart Russell, professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, Azeem Azhar, creator of the Exponential View, Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, a Jordanian former diplomat who is the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania and the president and CEO of the International Peace Institute, Tabitha Goldstaub, Chair of the UK government's AI Council and a member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Digital Economy Council, Paul Clarke, former Chief Technology Officer at Ocado, Sana Khareghani, former Head of UK Government Office for Artificial Intelligence, Chris Wigley, CEO at Genomics England, Christine Foster, Chief Product Officer, Data Science at Kantar Public, Ajay Bhalla, President of Mastercard's Cyber & Intelligence business and Doug Brown, Chief Data Scientist at Capita.