Carme Artigas

Carme Artigas is a Spaniard executive and entrepreneur in the fields of Big
Data, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Technology Innovation, with
over 30 years of experience. She is a renown and recognized international
leader in Artificial Intelligence regulation and governance.
She has hold several roles as CEO, Board Advisor and Chairman of the Board
in several public and private companies. She co-founded and served as CEO
of Synergic Partners, a pioneering European Big Data company acquired by
Telefonica Group in November 2015, where she continued as CEO. In January 2020 she was
appointed the 1st Secretary of State for Digitalization and AI
for the Government of Spain until December 2023, culminating her role with
the approval of the EU AI Act during the Spanish Presidency of the EU.
She has been the Co-Chair of the United Nations AI Advisory Body during all its activity period (2023-2024),
She is currently Senior Fellow for the Belfer Center in the Harvard Kennedy
School.