Leadership team
Leadership
Co-founders
The co-founders are:
Wes Ezzeddine
AI safety specialist and fintech leader with 15+ years in
tech, focused on AI alignment, governance, and resilient
systems.
Naiyarah Hussain
Senior engineer in AI safety and reliability with
leadership roles at IBM, Lightning AI, and SurrealDB, and
contributor to global multilingual AI datasets.
Advisors
The Advisors are:
Grace S. Thomson
Advisor in AI Policy and Strategy with experience across
the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and the USA.
Mohamed Yasser
A Software Solutions Architect with a distinguished career
spanning over a 19 years, renowned for designing and
developing advanced software solutions for prestigious
government organizations.
Working Group Leaders
The working groups are led by the following:
Literacy
Wes Ezzeddine
Convening & Coordination
Naiyarah Hussain
Governance & Regulation
Nikitha Ann Mathew
Technology & Security
Omar Abdullah
Volunteers
The Volunteers are:
Fatma Eagl
Yusra Khan