Kelly Richdale

Kelly Richdale is an independent Board Director (NED) & Advisor focussing on the intersection between innovative technologies (AI, quantum and blockchain) and risk/ cybersecurity. She is Senior Advisor for SandboxAQ, Alphabet's spin off combining AI + Quantum tech to solve hard problems impacting society. She is a Venture Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners, the European technology investor, where she advises on investment opportunities and supports deeptech portfolio companies. Additionally she serves as a board member of a number of European financial service companies.
Previously Kelly was an Executive Fellow at the World Economic Forum focussing on Quantum and AI Tech Convergence. She was on the Innovation Council for Innosuisse, the Swiss federal government's agency for technology innovation, as well as on the Swiss executive team for Libra, Meta’s blockchain-based cryptocurrency project.
Her track record includes strategic leadership, entrepreneurship and building high growth international businesses. She is passionate about social impact and women in STEM, and holds advisory roles in academia. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and a CISSP in Cybersecurity.