Heather Dawe

Heather Dawe is a writer, artist, and leading AI expert with over 25 years of experience. As Chief Data Scientist at UST, she advises global organizations on AI strategy. A prominent thought leader, she has appeared on the BBC and Sky News, written for the Financial Times, and spoke on AI ethics at the 2025 World Woman Forum in Davos. She co-authored Responsible AI in the Enterprise (2023).

Parallel to her tech career, Dawe is an accomplished mountain writer and artist. Her books include Adventures in Mind and Dreams of Lost Buttresses (shortlisted for the 2024 Banff Mountain Book Competition), and she co-edited the award-winning Waymaking. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and Alpinist, and her art was exhibited at London’s Alpine Club in 2023. In Think Again, she bridges the analytical world of AI with the lyrical spirit of the wilderness. She lives near Leeds, UK, with her partner and two daughters.