Dr. Florian Ostmann is Director of AI Governance and Regulatory Innovation at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. In this role, he leads a portfolio of work covering regulation and non-regulatory governance mechanisms for AI. This includes leading the Turing’s work on the AI Standards Hub, an initiative dedicated to knowledge sharing, community building, strategic research, and international collaboration around standardisation for AI technologies.

Florian serves in various advisory capacities at the national and international level, including as a member of the OECD’s Network of Experts on AI and the World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance. Before joining the Turing, Florian worked at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, as a consultant on autonomous vehicle policy, social impact measurement, and responsible investing, and for the Pan American Health Organization. He holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a MA and PhD from University College London.