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World AI Council
Founding Members

The World AI Council is a global movement of scientists, executives, and innovators united to turn breakthrough AI ideas into verified, gold-standard solutions industries can trust and scale. Its members are pioneers, disruptors, and visionaries who bridge research, enterprise, and policy—driving AI transformation that is safe, ethical, and delivers real-world impact.

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Sam Obeidat, MGM 🇨🇦

President & CAIO
World AI X Ventures 


AI/Product. Defense. Fintech

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Dr. Mohd Jamal 🇰🇾

Head of Strategy
World AI X Ventures


AI. SpaceTech. Fintech

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Eng. Anthony Hammad 🇰🇾

Chief Technology Officer

Cayman Islands Government

Government & Smart Cities

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Eng. Martin Cortes 🇧🇪

Head of Industrialization

Worldline Merchant Services

Banking & Fintech

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Corlette Grobler 🇿🇦

Principal Specialist: Cyber Security

Vodafone Financial Services (VFS)

Cyber Security

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Indraniel Gupta Potta (Niel) 🇦🇪

Senior Director of Automation & AI,
7X Group

Logistics & Supply Chain

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Janet Jack 🇬🇧

CEO @ Professional Development Institute

Leadership. Educational Development

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Habib Baluwala, PhD 🇳🇿

GM of AI and Data Foundations,
One New Zealand 

Telecommunication. Data Strategy

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Karine Megardooomian, PhD 🇺🇸

Principal AI & NLP Engineer

Zoorna Technology Solutions 

Large Language Models. Strategy

Mazin Ghadir

Mazin Ghadir, PhD 🇦🇪

Director
Alvarez & Marsal

 

Strategy. Digital Health

Declan Burke

Declan Burke 🇳🇿

Head of Information Technology
AoFrio

 

Information Technology

Elie Keyrouz

Elie Keyrouz 🇦🇪

Data Center Strategy & Business Dev. Lead
Dar

Data Center Infrastructure

Manju

Manju Mude 🇺🇸

Senior Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Department of Treasury

Information Security

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Nathon Gunn 🇨🇦

Former Innovation Advisor, Gov. of Canada; CEO Sociable

Government. Gaming. Defense.

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Eng. Ayed Al Mahan 🇸🇦

Chief Information Officer

FNRCO Group - Saudi Arabia

Government. LegalTech. AI

Elier Cruz

Eng. Elier Cruz 🇲🇽

Global Enterprise Security Architect
Check Point Software Technologies

Cyber Security 

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Pooja Misra 🇨🇦

Associate Senior Counsel, Litigation 
Co-operators - Canada

LegalTech

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H.E. George El Hashem 🇰🇼

Chief AI Officer 
Global ACME

Government. Innovation. Education

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Dr. Hanane Aouri 🇨🇦🇨🇾

CEO 
Victoria Royal Investment

Real Estate. Investment

Hussein Dajani

Hussein Dajani 🇸🇦

Group CMO & CCO Officer
Petromin Corporation

Customer Experience. Marketing

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Anne Liebgott 🇨🇭

Founder and Managing Director
AW + Switzerland

Marketing. Wealth Management

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Dr. Fabrizio Degni 🇮🇹

Chief of AI 
webuild

AI Governance & Ethics 

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Yvonne D’Souza 🇨🇦

Senior Manager
Ontario Public Service Leadership

Government. ClimateTech

Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas 🇺🇸

Chief Information Officer (CIO)
City of Lawrence, Kansas

Government. Information Technology

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Eric Santonastaso 🇺🇲

Director of Cyber Security Architecture
SouthState Bank

CyberSecurity. Banking

Ulises Martins

Eng. Ulises Martins 🇦🇷

Product Manager, DialPad
CAIO, Centro de e-Learning UTN FRBA


Edtech. Product Management

Samuel Martinez

Eng. Samuel Martinez 🇲🇽 

Senior Product Developer 

Epicor


Product Engineering

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Jonathan Do, MBA 🇨🇦

VP, Commercial Finance,
Royal Bank of Canada


Banking & Financial Services

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Ali Ezletni 🇨🇦

Financial Planner 

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - Canada


Financial Planning & Wealth Mgmt

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Subhi Ghazal  🇶🇦

VC - SME Relationship Management 

QNB Group - Qatar 


Banking & Financial Services

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Eng. Karmil Asgarally 🇶🇦

Deputy Director, IT

Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority

Banking & Financial Services. Regtech

Vivek Kumar

Vivek Kumar 🇺🇸

Assistant Vice President 

EXL Technologies


Governance & Data Privacy

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Dr. Salim Al-Shuaili 🇴🇲

Director, AI & Advanced Tech 

Ministry of Transport, Comm. & IT


Government. Public Policy

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Adam Balwant​ 🇨🇦

CEO & Co-Founder
TrAInify 

Education

Houmed Mohomed Ali

Houmed Mohomed Ali 🇩🇯

Chief Operating Officer 

Djibouti Port Community Systems

Logistics & Supply Chain

Ziad Kablawi

Ziad Kablawi  🇨🇦

Business Development Consultant 

Former GM American Express/Visa

Business Development. Real Estate

Dr. Haider Al-lawati

Dr. Haider Al-Lawati 🇴🇲

Senior Manager - Artificial Intelligence

Oman Data Park 

Data. Telecommunication

Dr. Salem Al Gharbi

Dr. Salem Al Gharbi 🇸🇦

Principle Engineer, AI & Data Science

Ma'aden

Mining. AI Engineering

Dr. Jeremy Turner

Dr. Jeremy Turner 🇨🇦

Chief XR/AI Innovation Officer, SociableOS

Metaverse. General AI

Anas Abu Ghoush

Eng. Anas Abu Ghoush 🇦🇪

Head of Information Services, Dubai

Heriot Watt University

Education. Information Technology

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Dr. Ahmad Al Tarawneh 🇦🇪

Partner - Pioneering & Excellence Sector, Crowe 

Government. Digital Transformation

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Diaa ElSayed 🇰🇼

Director Strategic Development 
at NTEC - Kuwait  

Business Strategy

Kuntal Malia

Kuntal Malia 🇮🇳

Chief Data & Insights Officer,
Metro Brands Limited, India


Data. Retail

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Basim Al Mohammadi 🇸🇦

​Chairman at Qudra Holding; Managing Director at AirShields AI

Defense

Lynette Klue-Baker

Lynette Klue-Baker 🇺🇸

Service Delivery Ops Lead Senior Manager at Accenture

IT Service & Asset Management

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Peter Stephens 🇺🇸

Chief Information Officer
Southeastern Virginia Health System

Healthcare

Shanaz Sigouin

Shanaz Sigouin 🇨🇦

​Chief Admin Officer at AirShare; Co-founder at AirShields

Defense

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Dr. Ramprabananth Sivanandan 🇳🇴

Consultant Radiologist , Clinical AI lead, Vestre Viken HF 

Healthcare

Rick Whittaker CEO at AirShare; Co-found

Rick Whittaker 🇨🇦

CEO at AirShare; Co-founder at AirShields

Defense. Aerospace Engineering

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Shekhar Kachole 🇳🇱

Chief Technology Officer
Independent Consultant

AI. Spacetech. Fintech

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Neda Parnian, PhD 🇨🇦

VP Innovation & Digital Transformation
Summit Interconnect

Machine Learning. Strategy

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Adnan Fatayerji 🇦🇪

Co-founder, Strategy & Growth
Skipr

Blockchain. AI. Secured Comm.

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Muteb Al Yousef 🇸🇦

Director of AI
Saudi Civil Defense

Defense. AI

Bruce Makhubele

Bruce Makhubele 🇿🇦

Information Security Manager
Mettus

Information Security

Invitation to Join

If you have 10+ years of experience in your field and are passionate about shaping the future of AI, we invite you to join us. Your insights, whether shared in discussions, reports, or through mentorship, will help us build a future where AI serves humanity, not the other way around.

Even if you feel you’re not yet equipped with the knowledge to contribute, we have you covered. Our Chief AI Officer program offers comprehensive training and coaching to prepare you to become an influential member of the World AI Council. This is more than just a program; it’s an invitation to lead in the AI-driven world.

World AI Council

The World AI Council is the global gold standard for AI transformation. Conceived by World AI X Ventures together with a coalition of experts, scientists, engineers, and policy-makers—and now spinning out as an independent, non-profit body—the Council unites leaders from every industry to keep its frameworks sharp and field-tested. Its practical playbook—diagnose readiness, target high-impact opportunities, execute at scale, and measure what matters—helps organizations adopt AI that is both human-centric and ethically sound.

 

To embed these practices, the Council delivers executive programs, workshops, coaching, and data-driven industry reports, while an autonomous diagnostic platform pinpoints capability gaps, recommends live initiatives, and simulates outcomes under shifting market conditions. The Council also spotlights excellence through its annual World AI Council Awards, recognizing organizations that demonstrate responsible AI at scale; meeting the award’s baseline criteria doubles as the entry threshold for Council membership. By codifying best practices into usable tools and rewarding exemplary adoption, the World AI Council equips enterprises and public institutions to deploy AI that is smarter, safer, and squarely focused on real-world value.

Contact us at Council@waiu.org 

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