Gosia Loj

Deputy Head of Programme Security and Technology
  • malgorzata.loj@un.org

Gosia Loj is the Deputy Head of the Security and Technology Programme, where she leads the Artificial Intelligence and Science and Technology teams.

Prior to this, she served in the UK government since 2018 at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, where she held several leadership roles including Head of the AI Safety Summit, Head of UK Cyber Strategy and International, and Head of Global Governance, spearheading UK’s efforts in setting global norms and frameworks on AI, data governance and emerging technologies in multilateral fora. She also set up and led the UK’s G7 Presidency, Digital and Technology Track during in 2021 and was appointed Vice-Chair for the Committee on Digital Economy Policy at OECD from 2021-23.

Before joining the British civil service, Gosia held various roles across the UN system in Geneva, as well as within the European Commission and NATO in Brussels.

Gosia holds a Master’s in International Development from the University of Amsterdam, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Politics and Economics from the University of Bath and a Diploma in Technology and Innovation from MIT.

She is a dual Polish–British national and speaks English, Polish, Spanish and Portuguese, with working proficiency in French.