Krishna Sood

Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft

Speaker

Krishna Sood is a senior leader within Microsoft’s Intellectual Property Group, with over 20 years of global legal, policy and regulatory experience across Australasia, EMEA and the US. Krishna currently leads Microsoft’s AI and IP Strategic Initiatives. Krishna previously led the global Open Innovation legal team with a focus on copyright, trade secrets, data and digital assets. Krishna, and her team, were nominated for FT Innovative Lawyers Award 2023 for establishing the Data Innovation Practice to empower the strategic, innovative and responsible use of data for AI innovation. Prior to joining Microsoft, Krishna worked for the BBC, Formula One and A+E Networks UK, a joint venture between A+E Networks and Sky. Krishna is a visiting lecturer for the Executive Course on Data Stewardship (Open Data Lab/New York University), and King’s College London. Krishna is an expert advisor to the Global Partnership on AI and the EU IPO Observatory.