Madhav Chinnappa

Madhav Chinnappa is a senior executive consultant who has worked at the intersection of news, AI, technology and sustainability globally for more than two decades in both the commercial and public interest sectors. He is currently advising Human Native AI, an AI data licensing marketplace as well as leading a thought leadership event series around AI and news for the Thomson Foundation and has recently joined the Future Insights Board of Mediahuis.  Prior to that he was Director of News Ecosystem Development at Google and his extensive experience with journalism innovation, funding and sustainability includes launching the DNI Fund, the GNI Innovation Challenge programme and the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund while at Google.  He has worked in the news industry since 1994 - first in the launch team of Associated Press Television (APTV), a year in M&A at United News & Media and spent over 9 years at BBC News, latterly as Head of Development & Rights.