As a cybersecurity leader, Kathy Liu cares deeply about bringing diverse perspectives into the responsible build of new technologies. Presently, Kathy is the Digital Sovereignty - Global Senior Technology Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), building this emerging technology space in cloud computing.
As a Global Shaper, she founded the award-winning Inclusive Cyber in 2018, directly impacting 1350+ underrepresented and atypical individuals in their cyber career pivots across Montréal, Kigali and London. She is a global speaker and thought leader on cybersecurity and diversity in tech, and has spoken at Davos, the United Nations, the UK Cyber Security Council and ISC2, among others. Awarded as a “Hero of Progress”, Kathy actively brings the youth voice into international policymaking on cyber capacity building, and is a Working Group member of the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity.
In addition to being a leading voice in tech, she also writes about sports and society, and has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Chatham House Journal of Cyber Policy, World Economic Forum Agenda and Canadian Security Magazine. Kathy resides in London, and is a holder of the UK Global Talent visa for exceptional technology leaders. In her spare time, she is an avid surfskater and helps lead the UK’s largest surfskate community.