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Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud
OECD
Head of Emerging Digital Technologies
Description
Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud, a dual citizen of Canada and France, leads the Emerging Digital Technologies unit of the OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate.
Ms Thomas-Raynaud has held leadership positions in the intersecting fields of digital technology policy, internet governance and, multistakeholder and international cooperation, for over two decades. She joined the OECD in August 2020 as Head of Secretariat for the newly launched Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), hosted at the OECD. supporting member governments through the start-up phase of the initiative. In April 2023, she was asked to set up and lead the OECD’s newly launched Global Forum on Technology (GFTech), convening its inaugural event on the margins of the OECD Ministerial-level Council in June 2023 and establishing work across three technology focus areas, including the establishment of experts groups, on immersive technologies, quantum technologies and synthetic biology (working with colleagues and teams across STI divisions).
Prior to the OECD, Ms Thomas-Raynaud was the Executive in charge of digital economy policy at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Director of the Business Action to Support the Information Society initiative (ICC BASIS). She led policy development and consensus building among members on issues from Internet and telecoms, privacy, data and consumer protection, as well as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and digital trade. She also represented members and negotiated on their behalf in international processes with the UN and agencies, G20, OECD and APEC ICANN and other multistakeholder forums. Appointed by the UN Secretary General, Ms Thomas-Raynaud served on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum(IGF), as a private sector representative.
While at ICC, Elizabeth founded and chaired the ICC’s World Business Women (WBW) initiative to promote greater diversity of representation and leadership across all of ICC and supports ICC engagement on trade and women’s economic empowerment. Launched in 2012 with the ICC Secretary General as its champion, the initiative continues its mission today.
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