Thought Leader Consultant of the Year
Mira’s purpose is to redefine successful innovation as responsible innovation. As a digital ethicist in EY Consulting Technology Risk area, her thought leadership has been essential to helping companies across sectors understand the ethical impacts of emerging technologies and how to operationalise digital ethics at scale. Her focus bridges several key technologies that are top of mind for innovation leaders, policymakers and the wider public, including artificial intelligence (AI), the metaverse and quantum technologies.
Her approach to consulting has proven both unique and illuminating for EY clients. A social scientist by training, Mira understands the urgency of bringing non-traditional talent into conversations surrounding emerging technology to complement technical team members and enable socially beneficial outcomes.
Crucially, she has been building and developing the EY quantum expertise and profile, where her contribution to the field is widely recognised. This is best summarised by some of her achievements:
- Leading landmark research collaboration with the University of Oxford on behalf of EY UK on responsible quantum computing.
- Leading the trust pillar of the EY Quantum Intersection series and positioning the firm as the thought leader amongst the Big Four in quantum.
- Leading the digital ethics agenda for EY in the UK.
- Representing EY at key forums and industry panels, including the Economist’s Quantum Conference and the techUK Data Analytics & AI Leadership Committee.
- Regularly asked to speak to major EY clients and senior internal forums about the importance of digital ethics and advancements in key legislation.
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