As Chief AI Officer at the UAE Ministry of Investment, Latifa AlShehhi architects data and AI strategies that position the UAE as a global investment destination. Her decade-long career across government entities includes leading data-driven transformation at the Roads and Transport Authority, where she developed AI ethics frameworks and data governance programmes that directly impacted urban mobility and infrastructure planning, and serving as Head of Smart Data at the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, where she played a founding role in establishing the UN Global Platform for Big Data and Data Science in the MENA region.
She championed the UAE Open Data Portal and the Emirates Data Network, and serves as the youngest member of the United Nations Committee of Experts in Big Data and Data Science.
