Madhav Chinnappa is a senior executive consultant who has worked globally at the intersection of news, technology, sustainability and most recently AI for more than two decades in both the commercial and public interest sectors. He is currently advising Human Native AI, an AI data startup and is also a Board Member of the Future Insights Board of Mediahuis, the Belgian multinational news organisation.

Prior to that he was Director of News Ecosystem Development at Google and his extensive experience with journalism innovation, funding and sustainability includes launching the DNI Fund, the GNI Innovation Challenge programme and the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund while at Google.

Madhav has worked in the news industry since 1994 - first in the launch team of Associated Press Television (APTV), a year in M&A at United News & Media and spent over 9 years at BBC News, latterly as Head of Development & Rights.

Madhav was formerly a member of the Institute's Advisory Board. During his time as a Visiting Fellow he will explore the relationship between foundation models and news publishers in the era of Gen AI.