The best thing we can do about the future is prepare for it.
Futurist, MBA, B.B.A Finance
“Everyone deserves the opportunity to co-create the futures they want to be a part of”
Sinead Bovell is a futurist and the founder of tech education company, WAYE.
An organization that prepares businesses and the next generation of leaders for a future shaped by advanced technologies.
Sinead advises C-suite executives and senior leadership across governments, global corporations, and startups alike, with a core focus on emerging and exponential technologies and their implications for economic and national security, as well as long-term business strategy and model adaptation. She is an 11-time United Nations speaker and has delivered formal addresses to presidents, royalty, and Fortune 500 leaders on topics ranging from synthetic biology to artificial intelligence. She currently serves as an expert advisor to the United Nations AI Advisory Body, focusing on the future of work and AI’s long-term trajectory.
Sinead is one of the most sought-after voices on artificial intelligence and the future of education. She has advised over 17,000 educators, government officials, and policymakers worldwide on redesigning education for the age of AI and emerging technologies. Her recent talk at SXSW on AI and the Future of Education was accredited by the Association of Texas Professional Educators for a CPE credit.
Sinead is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, where she contributes to strengthening multilateral systems to address 21st-century global challenges. She is also a regular tech commentator for platforms such as CNN, NBC, and CTV, where she discusses the societal impact of emerging technologies.
Sinead was named one of the top 50 voices shaping the future by Afrotech, she received the Mozilla Rise 25 award for her work in championing the development of open and responsible AI ecosystems, and she was dubbed the AI educator for the non-nerds by Vogue magazine.
Before founding WAYE, Sinead earned her MBA from the University of Toronto and worked as a management consultant at A.T. Kearney. Sinead holds a bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in chemistry.
Sinead is driven by her mission to build a progressive, informed, and thriving society. One in which technology is built, as she says, “on the right side of history.”
