Sarah works to build and launch technologies that improve the lives of millions of people.

Sarah is the director of Global Public Policy at X (formerly Google X), Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” for the development of radical new technologies to solve some of the world’s hardest problems. Sarah joined X in 2013, running a team that translates between the engineers and scientists at X and the policy makers and regulators in government. She now works globally, based in the UK, on policy and technology issues that affect X across the world. 

Prior to joining X, Sarah ran the UK Public Policy team for Google for four years, leading the company’s work on internet policy issues such as copyright and start-up innovation. From 2000 to 2005, she worked in frontline British politics as a senior policy adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair on culture, media, and sport, working on the London 2012 Olympic bid and the BBC’s Charter renewal. Prior to government, Sarah held senior roles at both the BBC and C4, advising on broadcasting, media and technology policy.

Sarah is a part-time lecturer at Stanford University and a board member of doteveryone, the responsible technology think tank.

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