Lucy Yu

Lucy is Director of Public Policy for the UK, Ireland and Benelux regions at Voi. She has led operations, policy and commercial functions for several high-growth, globally-renowned tech start-ups, and additionally has over a decade of experience developing tech policy and regulation for governments in the UK, Europe, and at the UN. Her work has focused on artificial intelligence, future transport, regulating high-risk technologies, and the social impact of disruptive technology. She has written extensively on these topics, both for the tech and transport press and for peer-reviewed journals, and has spoken widely including for Wired and SLUSH. Her mobility experience includes prior roles at Five AI (autonomous vehicles); the UK government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV); the Department for Transport; and the board of HackTrain (rail industry innovation). She is a member of the Board at the Connected Places Catapult, and an Associate Fellow of Technology and Public Policy at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.