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Title: Chief AI Readiness Officer Company: Google DeepMind Industry: Technology

As Chief AI Readiness Officer at Google DeepMind, Lila helps ensure the organisation’ s cutting-edge research is translated into real-world impact while maintaining strong governance, ethics and operational readiness for advanced AI. She plays a key role in shaping how one of the world’ s leading AI labs brings breakthrough technologies into products and services used globally. An electrical engineer by training, Lila joined DeepMind in 2018 as its first COO, overseeing operations, partnerships and responsible innovation across the organisation. Her work focuses on preparing institutions and societies for the transformative impact of AI. Before DeepMind, Lila held senior leadership roles at Coursera, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and Intel, where she began her career as a microprocessor design engineer. She is also a Co-Founder of the non-profit Team4Tech.

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