Daniel Hulme

Chief AI Officer WPP

Dr. Daniel Hulme is a globally recognised expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and investor in emerging technologies. He's the CEO of Satalia, an award-winning AI company that was acquired by WPP - a world leader in media, marketing, and communications - in 2021, and is now their Chief AI Officer. Daniel's leadership in the field has earned him recognition as one of AI Magazine's top 25 global AI leaders, one of the world's leading keynote speakers, and one of the top ten Chief AI Officers globally. Amongst his many technology investments, Daniel is also Founder and CEO of the World's first commercial research organisation to understand Machine Consciousness, Conscium. Alongside building and scaling Satalia, Daniel was also a Co-Founder and director of Faculty AI. In 2026, Accenture announced it had agreed to acquire Faculty for $1bn - a rare second major exit within five years. With over 25 years academic experience with AI, Daniel received his Masters and Doctorate in AI at UCL. He was previously Director of UCL's Applied AI Masters Programme, where he is now UCL's Computer Science Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Daniel is also an Impact Board Member of St Andrew's University Computer Science department and the University of Sussex Informatics department, focused on using AI to solve business and social problems. He has been elected a Founding Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, in recognition of his contributions at the intersection of AI and applied mathematics. Passionate about how technology can be used to govern organisations and bring positive social impact, Daniel is a prolific keynote speaker for the world's largest technology companies, TEDx, and is faculty member of Singularity University, specialising in AI, ethics, innovation and organisational design. Daniel is a contributor to numerous books, podcasts and articles on AI. His mission is to create a world where everyone has the freedom to innovate, and have those innovations become free to everyone. He has advisory and executive positions across companies and governments, and actively promotes purposeful entrepreneurship across the globe.