Alex Creswell Obe

Alex Creswell OBE currently serves as Co-Chair at Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester and holds the position of VP Public Policy and Government Affairs at Graphcore, where the focus is on advancing machine intelligence technologies. In addition, Alex is a Chair in AI and Digital at The University of Manchester, fostering commercial impact from technology innovations. As a strategic adviser on Cyber and AI at Beazley, expertise is applied in the realm of cyber and tech insurance. Prior to these roles, Alex had a distinguished career as a diplomat for the UK government, including serving as Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation, leading intelligence analysis and briefing the Prime Minister.