David Conrad

Leader in AI policy talent development — David currently leads Talos Network, an organisation that recruits, trains and places early-career professionals into European AI governance roles. His work focuses on fellowship design, placements and alumni pathways to grow technical policy capacity in Europe. talosnetwork+1

Career transition from consulting and entrepreneurship into AI policy — prior to Talos, David worked as a management consultant (BCG) and co‑founded/managing‑partnered a hospitality start-up (Kip), giving him a blend of strategy, operations and early‑stage leadership experience he now applies to building policy talent pipelines. david-conrad+2

Public policy training with a technical/quantitative background — David holds an MPP (LSE) — winning the Julia Black prize for top-performing graduate — and completed dual undergraduate training in finance and civil engineering at the University of Sydney (including study at UT Austin), reflecting strengths in policy analysis grounded in quantitative and engineering thinking. linkedin+1

Engaged in AI safety & research community projects — David has participated as a project lead/member in AI Safety Camp projects and authored/published policy perspectives through Talos, indicating hands‑on involvement with technical-policy research and community capacity building. aisafety+1