Transformation Strategist. Responsible AI Advisor. Award-Winning CEO. Writer & Speaker.
Marissa Conway is a globally recognised leader in public sector transformation, with expertise in responsible AI and the ways technology can be harnessed to improve operations, equity, and community outcomes.
With a career spanning leadership roles in international NGOs and government advisory, she has worked on issues from cybersecurity and defence to human rights and organisational transformation. Named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List and as an Ashoka Changemaker, her expertise lies in aligning strategy, technology, and equity to create measurable, lasting change.
Today, Marissa partners with governments and charities to navigate operational and digital transformation, ensuring public institutions remain resilient, equitable, future-ready, and genuinely responsive to the communities they serve.
CURRENT & PAST WORK
→ Interim Director of WISH, the women’s mental health charity
→ CEO of United Nations Association UK
→ Original Founder and UK Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
→ Strategic communications consultant
→ Counsellor at a safe house for survivors of human trafficking