Ahana Datta Fasel advises governments and companies globally on geopolitical, technology, and systemic risk. Previously the Financial Times’ cyber chief, she has held senior cyber roles in the UK government, serving the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office, and the National Cyber Security Centre. She is a strategic advisor on national security and defence to UK Research and Innovation and a trustee of Privacy International. She has held visiting fellowships at Cornell, Cambridge, Imperial and Durham, and her editorials have appeared in Foreign Policy, FT, and Columbia Journalism Review. She holds a PhD from University College London.
