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Curriculum vitae · Updated August 2026

Khaled
Koubaa.

Technology policy and AI governance leader

More than 20 years shaping complex global policy agendas across technology companies, multilateral institutions, public-interest organizations, and global governance bodies.

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Former Google and Meta public policy executive, Mozilla Tech + Society Fellow, ICANN Board Director, Internet Society Trustee, and current member of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board.

Deep experience translating emerging technology into policy, institutional strategy, governance frameworks, and implementation decisions. Combines substantive understanding of AI policy, model deployment and governance, safety and oversight, open technology ecosystems, digital infrastructure, and global development with the capacity to structure ambiguous portfolios and move cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution.

01 / Experience

Professional
experience.

December 2025 – PresentWashington, DC

World Bank Group

Member, Sanctions Board

Serve on the World Bank Group’s independent adjudicative body issuing final decisions in contested sanctions cases involving World Bank-financed operations.

  • Exercise independent judgment in high-stakes matters involving governments, companies, development programs, implementing partners, and multiple jurisdictions.
  • Evaluate complex evidentiary records involving integrity, accountability, procurement, institutional risk, and due process.
  • Contribute to the credibility of a global multilateral accountability framework operating across diverse development environments.
January 2023 – PresentVirginia, United States

AT Worthy Technology Inc.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Founded a public-interest technology company developing AI governance, institutional readiness, digital trust, and accountability frameworks.

  • Developed the Global AI Worthiness Index 2025, a structured taxonomy evaluating 195 national AI ecosystems across governance, research and talent, public value, and infrastructure.
  • Led institutional AI assessment and roadmap engagements spanning leadership, legal, policy, development, communications, finance, operations, ethics, and data functions.
  • Established operating frameworks for AI prioritization, including use-case screening, risk classification, human review, vendor evaluation, pilot selection, success metrics, escalation pathways, and stop rules.
  • Published the US AI Worthiness Report 2026, National Capital Region Edition, examining AI governance and public-sector implementation across the Washington metropolitan policy ecosystem.
September 2024 – March 2026

Mozilla Foundation

Tech + Society Fellow

Selected for a fellowship examining responsible AI, digital culture, public-interest governance, and technology’s societal impacts across Africa and the Middle East.

  • Led multi-country research on AI adoption, infrastructure, language, economic participation, institutional governance, and public-interest implications.
  • Authored Dreaming Digital: Mapping the Intersection of AI and the Arts, synthesizing technical, policy, economic, legal, and cultural dimensions of AI deployment.
  • Mapped funding and organizational ecosystems and identified significant gaps in AI-specific funding across Africa and the Middle East.
2019 – 2023

Meta

Public Policy Manager, Middle East & North Africa

Led public policy, regulatory strategy, and senior external engagement across complex political and regulatory environments.

  • Built and managed relationships with ministers, regulators, policymakers, international organizations, civil society leaders, researchers, and industry stakeholders.
  • Coordinated complex initiatives across Policy, Legal, Product, Trust & Safety, Communications, and Operations, establishing common positions across matrixed teams.
  • Advised senior leadership on geopolitical developments, regulatory risk, stakeholder dynamics, public-interest concerns, and policy positioning.
2016 – 2019

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Member, Board of Directors · Chair, Organizational Effectiveness Committee

Provided board-level governance for the global institution responsible for coordinating critical Internet identifiers and maintaining the security, stability, and interoperability of the domain name system.

  • Chaired institutional reviews covering accountability, transparency, stakeholder participation, organizational performance, competition, and consumer trust.
  • Served on the Finance Committee, contributing to long-term financial strategy, resource allocation, and institutional sustainability.
  • Helped reconcile competing policy, technical, commercial, and public-interest priorities inside a complex global governance system.
2012 – 2016

Google

Head of Public Policy & Government Relations, Middle East & North Africa

Led regional policy and government relations strategy across technology innovation, internet governance, connectivity, privacy, data policy, digital markets, and online expression.

  • Built trusted relationships with senior government officials, regulators, telecommunications authorities, international institutions, civil society organizations, and industry associations.
  • Translated regulatory and geopolitical developments into strategic recommendations for business, product, legal, and executive teams.
  • Managed regional policy budgets, external advisers, institutional partnerships, and complex multi-country initiatives.
2009 – 2012

Internet Society

Member, Board of Trustees

Provided governance oversight for a global nonprofit advancing an open, secure, interoperable, and globally connected Internet.

  • Supported international work on internet access, infrastructure, standards, inclusion, and digital cooperation.
  • Served on governance and oversight committees and engaged technical, policy, civil society, and global stakeholder communities.
Career foundation

Earlier
experience.

2004 – 2012

Koubaa Consulting

Founder & Principal Consultant

Advised public, private, and nonprofit organizations on digital transformation, governance, strategy, and institutional partnerships.

2002 – 2004

Network eXpertise Tunisia

Managing Director

Managed telecom infrastructure deployment, operations, vendors, technical teams, budgets, and client relationships.

2000 – 2002

Tunisie TradeNet / Discovery Informatique

Management Controller & Process/Quality Manager

Led process improvement, performance systems, documentation, quality management, and ISO 9001 implementation.

1999 – 2000

European Commission, EUROMED-IPAMED Program

Project Manager

Managed a €1.12 million multi-country program, including budget oversight, procurement, technical coordination, reporting, and stakeholder management.

02 / Selected work

Ideas translated
into institutions.

01

Global AI Worthiness Index 2025

Comparative assessment of 195 countries across AI governance, talent and research, adoption and public value, and infrastructure.

02

US AI Worthiness Report 2026: National Capital Region Edition

Analysis of public-sector AI governance, institutional capacity, procurement, infrastructure, accountability, and public trust across Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

03

Dreaming Digital: Mapping the Intersection of AI and the Arts

Mozilla Foundation, 2026. A regional study of AI technology, infrastructure, language, economic participation, governance, funding, and institutional ecosystems.

04

Who Is in Charge? Why AI Must Remain Under Human Control

Develops the Human in the Oversight doctrine for preserving substantive human authority over increasingly autonomous AI systems.

05

The Lean Government

Examines how public institutions can move from isolated AI use cases toward mission-oriented deployment while preserving institutional accountability.

03 / Governance

Selected leadership.

  • World Bank Group, Advisory Council for Citizen Engagement, former member
  • United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Multistakeholder Advisory Group, former member
  • AfriNIC, Board of Directors, former member
  • Public Interest Registry (.ORG), Advisory Council, former member
  • OP3FT, Board of Directors, member
04 / Education

Education and training.

Harvard Kennedy School
Executive Certificate in Public Leadership

Graduate School of Electronic Commerce, Manouba
Master’s Degree, Electronic Commerce & International Procurement

Graduate School of Commerce, Tunis
Bachelor of Science, Management

Selected training

Frontier AI Governance, BlueDot · AI for Business, University of Pennsylvania · AI + AGI in National Security, SCSP · NIST AI Risk Management Framework · Privacy Law and Data Protection, University of Pennsylvania · FinTech Law and Policy, Duke University · Independent Director Initiative, UC Berkeley Law · Internet Diplomacy, USC · Radical Innovation and Big Data, MIT

Languages

Arabic Native
English Fluent
French Fluent