WHO WE ARE

Established in 2024, AI Safety Asia (AISA) is a global non-profit dedicated to building Asia as a globally-leading safe and responsible AI innovator.

We strive to minimise the risks of AI adoption while supporting societies to adopt AI safely.

At the core of our mission is the integrated, diverse and collaborative nature of our work. We believe that achieving safe and governed AI begins with building bridges—between generations, disciplines, and regions through actionable steps across our three interrelated program pillars that convene, research and build capacity to shape the future of AI governance in Asia.

OUR TEAM

LYANTONIETTE CHUA

LYANTONIETTE CHUA

Co-Founder

  • Senior Policy Advisor and Fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, Washington DC, and founder of The Ambit.
  • Recognized leader in AI governance and listed among 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2024.
  • Founding member of the UN University Macau AI Network and OECD.AI Experts Group on AI, Data, and Privacy.
EDWARD TSOI

EDWARD TSOI

Co-Founder

  • Founder of Connecting Myanmar and experienced leader in technology startups and non-profits.
  • Led the APAC business of a late-stage startup with over $100M raised.
  • Former board member of Amnesty International Hong Kong and advisor to multiple corporate-NGO initiatives.
DR. SUPHEAKMUNGKOL SARIN

DR. SUPHEAKMUNGKOL SARIN

Executive Director

  • AI Expert to the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on AI and Senior Strategy Consultant to UNESCAP and the World Bank, backed by 20 years of data and AI leadership.
  • As Head of Data & AI Ecosystems at the World Economic Forum, helped launch the AI Governance Alliance, co-founded the Safe Systems & Technologies Initiative, and convened the inaugural AI Governance Summit (2023).
  • At Google Research, directed inclusive-AI programs that expanded responsible AI tools, datasets and products to more than one billion users worldwide.
ANONYO MITRA

ANONYO MITRA

Capacity Building

  • Held a Master in Public Policy with a focus on AI & tech policy and governance from Harvard University.
  • Formally led Teach For India’s strategy and operations.
  • Researches on AI governance and safety, with a focus on making AI safety easily accessible to non-technical but vital stakeholders such as policymakers and state actors.
MELISSA LEUNG

MELISSA LEUNG

Communications

  • Served as International Media Coordinator for one of Taiwan’s Presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election in Taiwan.
  • Co-ordinated large-scale regional and global public affairs projects and provided media strategies for multilateral organisations including COP28, the APEC Secretariat, Asian Development Bank.
  • Managed award-winning nation branding project for the Government of Mongolia.
PHILIP THAM

PHILIP THAM

Research

  • Researcher at AISA
  • Senior at Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University in the City of New York
P.T. NHEAN

P.T. NHEAN

Director of Biosecurity

  • Specialized in AI-Bio, working closely with Center For Long Term Resilience.
  • Recognized as Top Female Founder by EIT Health Austria.
  • Experienced in youth health advocacy research with the WHO, writing policy briefs, and biosecurity research.
ZAR MOTIK ADISURYO

ZAR MOTIK ADISURYO

National Representative of Indonesia

  • Master of Arts degree in Communication, Culture, and Technology, where she focused on media systems design and technology policy.
  • Passionate about fostering collaborative efforts to enhance connectivity in the socio-technical systems of developing regions, leveraging diverse perspectives to create inclusive and impactful solutions through innovation and technology governance.

OUR ADVISORS

IMA ABDULRAHIM

IMA ABDULRAHIM

  • Former Public Policy Director for Southeast Asia at Meta.
  • Former Executive Director of the Habibie Center.
DR. HODA A. ALKHZAIMI

DR. HODA A. ALKHZAIMI

  • Co-Chair for Global Future Council for Cyber Security at World Economic Forum
  • Director of Center of Cyber Security in New York University AD
ESBEN KRAN

ESBEN KRAN

  • Founder of Apart; Co-founder of European Network for AI Safety
PROF. AARON MANIAM

PROF. AARON MANIAM

  • Director of Digital Transformation Education, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
  • Former Deputy Secretary of the Singaporean Ministry of Communications and Information
ROBERT TRAGER

ROBERT TRAGER

  • Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
  • Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford
ALEJANDRO REYES

ALEJANDRO REYES

  • Scholar-in-residence at the Asia Society
  • Formally led Asia-Pacific policy planning unit at the Canadian foreign ministry
HAMMAM RIZA

HAMMAM RIZA

  • President of KORIKA
  • Delegate to UK AI summit on behalf of Indonesia
YI ZENG

YI ZENG

  • Founding director of Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance (Beijing-AISI)

OUR PARTNERS

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