Oliver Patel is the Head of Enterprise AI Governance at AstraZeneca, a global pharma company with 90k employees. He is responsible for implementing AZ's global AI governance and regulatory compliance framework. Oliver is also leading AI governance educator and trainer. He is an AI Faculty Member at the IAPP and training instructor for the AI Governance Professional (AIGP) course and the creator of the Enterprise AI Governance Newsletter. Oliver's book, Fundamentals of AI Governance, will be published in early 2026. He also advises international policymakers, as a Member of the OECD's Expert Group on AI Risk. In previous roles, Oliver worked for the UK government as Head of Inbound Data Flows, and as an academic and policy researcher on data and AI at University College London. His background is in philosophy, ethics, and public policy.