National Experts Program | Dr. Andrew Jackson

NEP 4.0

Name
Dr. Andrew Jackson
Sector
Artificial Intelligence
Designation
CEO of Inception

With over 20 years of experience in artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, Dr. Andrew Jackson is the CEO of the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence where he is spearheading a national imperative to deliver Arabic Chat GPT among other groundbreaking projects. Dr. Jackson has wide expertise in AI investments and runs an AI Investment Fund that has invested in projects in China, Europe and Silicon Valley. He was one of the original team to start G42 and there he helped lead some of the core businesses that have now gone on to be IPO success stories of ADX.

Before G42 he led the growth of Palantir internationally across the MENA regions. Dr. Jackson led the creation of a data and analytics function within Etihad Airways and was a leader in the world’s largest digital transformation at the time. He worked developing high-frequency low-latency electronic trading strategies for SIG and worked in the most profitable team in Europe. He has previously held roles for the European Union (EU), commercializing research within technology for 13 EU Universities and partnering with global multinational leaders such as IBM and Siemens.

Dr. Jackson has a strong academic background in ubiquitous computing, software engineering and machine learning.

He is an Irish national, and together with his family, has been a resident of Abu Dhabi for over 15 years where he has developed an interest in desert camping and regional culture and history.