DEEPMIND - Key Persons
Becca has worked on HR teams at Urban Outfitters and the Arcadia Group.
Becca aims to create, maintain, and grow a mission-aligned culture at DeepMind. She supports the growth of individuals, teams, and leaders and helps solve the challenges they face while building AGI.
Decades of international commercial experience and deep technical expertise mean Colin is uniquely placed to ensure DeepMind's cutting-edge research benefits as many people as possible. As Chief Business Officer, he oversees a wide-range of teams including Applied, which applies research breakthroughs to Google products and infrastructure used by billions of people. He also helps drive the growth of DeepMind, building and leading critical functions including finance and strategy and leading external and commercial partnerships. Originally an electronics and software engineer, he has held senior positions at both start-ups and global companies such as Thomson Reuters, helping them solve their own complex, mission-critical, real-world challenges.
Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. A child chess prodigy, he designed and programmed the multi-million selling, award-winning game Theme Park at the age of 17. After graduating from Cambridge University, he founded pioneering videogames firm Elixir Studios and completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at UCL. The journal Science listed his research on imagination and memory as one of 2007's top ten breakthroughs. Demis is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Arts. In 2017 he featured in the Time 100 list of most influential people, and in 2018 he was awarded a CBE for services to science and technology.
Demis is also Founder and CEO of Isomorphic Labs.
Diana has a background in conference interpreting and was previously in charge of the event management at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany.
Diana provides the Montreal team with the operational support that they need to do excellent research, making sure that the office is running smoothly and we uphold a strong team spirit.
"DeepMind is an exciting and truly special place where I can focus on my north star: enabling people to do what they do best."
Jackson has experience working as a product director in Nike's Sport Science Research and Innovation Lab, developing data science tools and techniques to better understand athletes.
Jackson spends his days collaboratively innovating and implementing strategies for accelerating the pace and safety of AGI research.
Job Titles:
- VP of Research and Technology
Koray is one of the world's foremost experts in deep learning. As Vice President of Research and Technology, he oversees and coordinates the work of our international team of research scientists and engineers. He previously led the deep-learning team at DeepMind, where he pioneered algorithmic breakthroughs including DQN, IMPALA and WaveNet, which powers the voice of the Google Assistant for millions of users around the world. Before joining DeepMind, Koray was a researcher at NEC Labs America. He holds a masters in aerospace engineering and a PhD in computer science from NYU, where he was part of Yann LeCun's group within the Computational and Biological Learning Lab working on unsupervised learning and deep learning.
Job Titles:
- Diversity & Inclusion Specialist
Letitia studied history and Russian at the University of Manchester, with a focus on gender and race.
Letitia project manages part of the Diversity & Inclusion programme, partners with the recruitment team, and focuses on raising internal awareness. She also develops team training and workshops, outreach, and conference presence.
Lila blends technical expertise with creative leadership in her role as DeepMind's COO. Originally a microprocessor engineer, she has helped grow some of the world's leading technology companies including Intel, where she held a series of global roles, venture firm Kleiner Perkins and Coursera, where she was the first executive hire and helped bring education to millions of people around the world. At DeepMind, Lila oversees both technology and organisational infrastructure including Engineering, Operations, and People. She is the co-founder and Chair of education technology non-profit Team4Tech and has previously served on the Board of Gannett, helping it become the largest US print media company. Her exceptional impact has been recognised by a Henry Crown Fellowship from the Aspen Institute and the Anita Borg Institute Award for Social Impact.
Lorrayne earned a masters in electronic engineering from the University of Surrey, and a certificate in coaching & mentoring from the University of Warwick. She has worked in publishing, media, and FinTech.
Lorrayne helps individuals and teams find solutions and develops organisational techniques that facilitate research progress.
Previously, Natalie worked in healthcare at Canada's Blood Bank where she carried out various roles from biologics production, phlebotomy and finally office support for a blood stem cell production lab.
Natalie's main focus is to ensure smooth office operations, create awesome team retreats, events and ensure moral in the office is high by creating an enjoyable space for staff to come to work each day.
Nathalie studied psychology and then worked in the video game industry on game development, web development, digital marketing, and publishing teams.
Nathalie supports the Paris team, both on an organisational and an individual level, maximising delivery, efficiency, and team collaboration.
"Working at DeepMind has been the most fantastic professional experience I've had so far. Being surrounded with such talented and kind people is truly inspiring."
Job Titles:
- Chief Scientist
- Co - Founder
Shane Legg and Demis first met at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at University College London, while studying the brain's algorithmic organisation. Their shared curiosity in AI's potential to positively impact society later became the founding idea for DeepMind. Shane is a celebrated computer scientist and holds a PhD from IDSIA (Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research) in Switzerland, where he was supervised by Professor Marcus Hutter, the leading authority on theoretical models of super intelligent machines. Shane's doctoral thesis on universal artificial intelligence was awarded the Canadian Singularity Institute research prize in 2008.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Operations
Simon has worked on large-scale software and technology programs for companies such as IBM, Virgin Media, and Barclays.
Simon ensures that the Program team are planning for the future growth of the company.
Job Titles:
- Recruiter
- Recruitment Lead
Tom is an accomplished recruiter with multi-sector, international experience. Before DeepMind, he worked for a global media investment group and an executive search firm.
Tom and his team recruit across all DeepMind locations. He also supports projects that drive candidate experience and engagement.
"Working somewhere as mission-driven and progressive as DeepMind is really special. The collaborative and thoughtful culture means I'm inspired every single day."