Hamish Hobbs

Hamish is the Director of AI Policy at CLTR, where he leads a team working to help decision-makers assess and guard against extreme AI risks while enabling AI’s benefits.

He has spent the past decade advising governments, with a focus on AI and emerging technologies. Before joining CLTR, he led technology foresight in the OECD’s Strategic Foresight Unit within the Office of the Secretary-General, where he oversaw the OECD’s Horizontal Initiative on Anticipating and Managing Emerging Global Transformations. This work focused on preparing member and partner governments for the potential transformative impacts of AI and synthetic biology.

As a Policy Advisor at the Centre for the Governance of AI, Hamish led engagement with the OECD and supervised AI governance researchers. At Oxford University, he worked as a Research Scholar focused on strategies for emerging technology governance. He has also worked directly within national governments, including as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Australia and to the UK Government’s Office for AI.

Hamish holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations and a BSc in Geography from the University of Western Australia. He is a member of the OECD Expert Group on AI Futures and an Affiliate of the Centre for the Governance of AI.