From National Industrial Strategies to Regional Value Chains: The Gulf Cooperation Council as a Platform for Industrial Integration
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Mr. Daniel Rathwell
Senior Expert, UK Government Office for Investment · Government
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Biography
Daniel Rathwell is a UK diplomat with a focus on strategic investment, national economic policy and frontier technology, particularly AI. He currently serves with a joint unit of the UK Prime Minister's Office, HM Treasury and the Trade Department, supporting strategic investment partnerships between the UK and Gulf countries. As part of this, he engages closely with the UK's Industrial Strategy. He is currently undertaking research as part of a Masters programme at the University of Cambridge on AI Ethics & Society, and is affiliated with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. He has previously worked in Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and East Africa.
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