Tech Policy Expertise: AI-driven growth & innovation

  • Doris Li

    Doris is a technology policy leader with experience shaping regulatory approaches to emerging technologies and designing frameworks that center safety and accessibility. She is currently a Tech Policy Manager at Ofcom, where she leads projects and programs for regulating generative AI under the Online Safety Act. Prior to Ofcom, she spent several years at Meta as a Senior Product & Regulatory Operations Specialist, where she managed a global safety program to combat the abuse of content moderation systems. As Meta’s Inclusive Product Council Member, she evaluated company priority products against safety and accessibility standards to provide guidance for research, engineering, and product teams innovating in AI and the Metaverse.

    In addition to her day-to-day work, Doris is an Inclusion Advisor to Open Data Institute’s Solid Initiative, an open-source project which reimagines data use and sharing, and regularly volunteers with organisations promoting diversity in tech spaces, including Women in Data. She is passionate about bridging policy, product, and community engagement to amplify historically underrepresented voices in the development and governance of data-driven technologies.

  • Doniya Soni-Clark

    Doniya Soni‑Clark is a senior policy and public affairs leader working at the forefront of technology, education, and workforce transformation. As Head of Policy & Public Affairs at Multiverse, she has led initiatives to expand access to tech apprenticeships, secure Degree Awarding Powers for the organisation, and influence national policy on skills and education reform. Doniya is a passionate advocate for inclusive access to learning and careers—especially for those historically excluded from traditional pathways. Her work bridges the gap between innovation and impact, shaping a more equitable future of work.

  • Dani Dhiman

    Dani joined Formation Advisory in 2024, bringing a deep expertise in tech policy and digital regulation. Over her career, she has advised tech companies, startups, regulators, and policymakers around the world on emerging digital regulation issues at the forefront of technological innovation. Dani has held a range of policy, research and technical roles at organisations such as the UK’s largest tech trade body, techUK, Vodafone Group, Digital Catapult, and Starling Bank. Dani currently serves on the AI Futures Council for the generative AI startup, Synthesia.

  • Dana Poponete

    Dana is a Manager for Access Partnership’s Data Governance team. She covers AI, data, online safety, digital identity, and telecommunications policy issues across the UK and EU, as well as at Member State levels. Dana supports clients in assessing risks and opportunities to business interests and helps clients navigate complex policy landscapes.

    Prior to joining Access Partnership, Dana was a Political and Security Analyst at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.

    Dana is passionate about sustainable development both professionally and personally. She holds a Double MA in Asian and European Affairs from King’s College London and Renmin University of China, as well as a BA in Political Economy from King’s College London.

  • Cristina Rosemberg

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  • Claire Penketh

    I’m a former BBC journalist who began my career in local radio before spending four years in Hong Kong during and after the handover to China. I was a news producer and documentary maker for a Chinese TV station and covered the handover itself and the early rise of political dissent. As press freedoms became increasingly restricted, I chose to return to the UK, where I produced and reported for BBC World Service, including presenting the global affairs programme Analysis.

    After becoming a single parent at 42, I took redundancy and retrained as a teacher to find a more conducive work-life balance. I taught broadcast journalism at university and college level. I went on to found and run a community radio station in rural southwest England, which was on-air 24/7. As a not-for-profit with over 100 volunteer presenters, we secured grant-funding to deliver media and basic IT training, with a strong focus on empowering disadvantaged communities. With a heavy heart I stepped away in 2011 after nearly four years, when funding for such programmes, and therefore my post, was cut due to the austerity measures of the coalition government.

    I returned to journalism and the World Service as a freelancer and took on short-term PR contracts before joining BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, in 2018. Since then, I’ve transitioned from PR into policy—a move that reflects my belief that careers are always evolving. My mantra is simple: embrace change, stay curious, and keep learning—because that’s the key to staying relevant and doing work that matters.

    Being an older woman in tech has its challenges, but it’s also been a chance to grow, adapt and hopefully inspire others along the way. I’ve gone from reporting on major world events to helping shape the national conversation around technology and policy during a time of huge change. It’s incredibly rewarding to share what I’ve learned and to support others—especially women—on their own journeys into this fast-moving and fascinating sector.

  • Chantelle De Villiers