Operators, scientists, statesmen.
HIRO III is anchored by a board of people who have built what they advise on — frontier labs, governments, and frontier itself.
Prof. Yann LeCun
Chief AI Scientist at Meta and Silver Professor at NYU. Founding figure in modern AI known for pioneering work on Convolutional Neural Networks. Led research at AT&T Bell Labs. Founded Facebook AI Research in 2013. ACM Turing Award recipient (2018). Currently researches "World Models" to develop autonomous AI systems with physical world understanding and persistent memory.
The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister of Australia (2015–2018). Career spans law, media, and finance. Co-founded OzEmail (first Australian tech NASDAQ listing). Served as Goldman Sachs Australia Managing Director. Currently Global Senior Adviser to KKR & Co, advising on technology and geopolitics across UK/Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Professor Paul Newman
Holds BP Chair of Information Engineering at Oxford University. Founding Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute. Specialises in mobile robot autonomy and autonomous vehicle navigation. Co-founded Oxa (formerly Oxbotica) as President and CTO. UK Connected and Autonomous Mobility Champion. CBE (2023), Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and IEEE.
Loredana Crisan
Chief Design Officer at Figma overseeing design, UX, brand studio, and research. Previously nine years at Meta in product and design leadership including Head of Messenger. Background in classical music studies at the National Music University in Bucharest before transitioning to sound engineering and product design.
Laurent Solly
Vice-President for Europe at Meta with decade-long leadership of Meta's France and Southern Europe business. Degrees from Sciences Po and ENA. Previously senior roles at TF1 and French government ministries. Led Meta's European expansion strategy and AI research initiatives.
Major Tim Peake
Former British Army Air Corps officer, test pilot, and first official British ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station (2015). Conducted the first British spacewalk and participated in 250+ scientific experiments. Retired from ESA in 2023. Holds CMG honour. Non-executive Adviser to Axiom Space.
Professor Deeph Chana
Theoretical physicist with two decades at the intersection of deep tech, security, and defence. Professor of Practice at Imperial College London. Originating architect of NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator (DIANA) and its €1 billion Innovation Fund. Inaugural DIANA Managing Director.
Hannah Gladman
Senior strategist for the CEO at DeepMind, spanning AI, life sciences, and computational biology. Previously Head of Strategy & Customer Insight at LoveCrafts and Associate at Boston Consulting Group. Degree in Biological Sciences from Oxford University.
Dr Jack Scannell
Neuroscientist-turned-biotech entrepreneur, known for coining "Eroom's Law" on biopharma R&D productivity. PhD in Neuroscience from Oxford. Previously led Discovery Biology at Oxford e-Therapeutics PLC. Co-founded Etheros Pharmaceuticals, developing antioxidant-based drugs targeting neurodegeneration and ageing.
Caroline Daniel
Partner at Brunswick specialising in technology, AI, and media strategic communications. Former Financial Times editorial leader (Editor of FT Weekend 2010–2016, Opinion Page Editor, Technology writer). Broadcast commentator and moderator for technology and geopolitical events. Member of the Trilateral Commission.
Edward van Cutsem
Seasoned investor focused on technology scaleup capital. Former investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Managing Director at BlackRock. Co-founded Westerly Winds, a London and Austin-based early growth-stage fund. Emphasises governance and business transformation for companies achieving product-market fit.