Dr Florian Ostmann

Dr Florian Ostmann is Director of AI Governance and Regulatory Innovation within the Turing's public policy programme. Having joined the Turing in 2018, he leads a portfolio of work covering regulation and non-regulatory governance mechanisms for AI as well as the use of AI to facilitate the work of regulatory bodies. This includes leading the Turing’s work on the AI Standards Hub, a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to knowledge sharing, community building, strategic research, and international collaboration around standardisation for AI technologies. In terms of sector-specific expertise, the financial services domain has been a particular focus of some of Florian’s work. He also has experience and a strong continued interest in ethical and policy questions in the public health domain. 

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, the World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance, the UK’s National Standards Committee for AI, and the Law Society’s AI Advisory Group. In the past, he served on the Royal Statistical Society’s Data Science Section Committee and contributed to the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. 

Before joining the Turing, Florian worked at Harvard University’s 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.