About

Beena Ammanath is a globally recognized executive leader who has successfully solved complex business problems with simplicity and teamwork by leveraging ethical technology. As the Global Head of Deloitte AI Institute and Tech & AI Ethics Lead at Deloitte, she has led change from vision through execution at scale across startups, large multinational corporations, and M&A. Beena is an accomplished builder, inspirer, and retainer of high-performance global teams across diverse industry verticals spanning e-commerce, IoT, marketing, telecom, retail, finance, manufacturing, and services domains. She is also the founder of Humans For AI, a non-profit organization focused on increasing diversity in AI. Through education programs, community building, and partnerships, Humans For AI aims to broaden the pipeline of minorities currently in tech careers, open an inclusive community of people interested in AI, leverage AI to release a set of free products built by this community, and demystify AI by providing a basic understanding of the concepts, thinking, and events in AI for novices and non-technical people interested in how AI will impact their lives and their jobs. Beena is also an author of the book "Trustworthy AI" and a board member of AnitaB.org, a global nonprofit organization advancing women in STEM and supporting inclusive technology. She serves on the Technology Committee and International Committee of AnitaB.org, which is the sponsoring organization of Grace Hopper Celebration. Beena holds an Advanced Masters Degree in Computer Science with a focus on AI and an MBA in Finance. She has relevant experience of 10.68 years in AI and is a thought leader in the field. Her Twitter handle is @beena_ammanath, and her website is beenammanath.com.