Speakers

Jakob Mökander is Vice President, Policy – Europe & UK at the General Catalyst Institute, where he works with founders to scale transformative companies and engages governments on building resilient innovation ecosystems.

Prior to General Catalyst, Jakob served as Director of Science and Tech Policy at the Tony Blair Institute. He has also worked at McKinsey & Co, advising Fortune 500 firms on AI adoption, and at the Swedish Trade & Invest Council, supporting companies expanding internationally.

Originally trained as an engineer, Jakob holds a PhD from the University of Oxford focused on AI governance. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University and remains affiliated with Yale’s Digital Ethics Center.