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With 30 years of experience as a technology risk advisor, Cathy is the EY Global Responsible AI Leader for Assurance. She oversees a global team that evolves the global EY organization’s Responsible AI Framework to respond to new and emerging AI systems, including agentic AI.
A Certified AI Governance Practitioner and Chartered Professional Accountant, Cathy works with global organizations to build trust and confidence in their AI systems. She has spent her career navigating the intersection between technological and societal implications of technology transformation.
Cathy serves on several technical advisory committees to develop industry and regulatory standards for AI. She earned her MAcc from the University of Waterloo.
How Cathy is building a better working world
“I am collaborating with thought leaders from industry, academia and government to establish best practices for developing and deploying AI responsibly. While AI holds immense transformative potential, its associated risks are significant, complex and rapidly changing. We need leading-edge AI governance and control practices that can keep up with the AI of today and tomorrow.”
Cathy's latest thinking
How do you teach AI the value of trust?
The transformative potential of AI is high — but so are its risks. Can embedding trust from the start help your company reap AI’s rewards?
10 Mar 2021
Cathy Cobey
What is intelligence without trust?
We explore five key areas that can help business leaders build trust, even as AI continues to transform businesses.
11 Apr 2019
Cathy Cobey