Nabiha Syed is a member of the Reuters Institute's Advisory Board.

Syed is the Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation, where she leads strategic initiatives across programmes, products and investments. Before joining the foundation, Syed was the CEO of The Markup, an award-winning journalism non-profit that challenges technology to serve the public good. Under her leadership, The Markup’s unique approach won a national Murrow Award and a Loeb Award, and was recognised as “Most Innovative” by Fast Company in 2022.

Prior to The Markup, Syed worked as a media lawyer with a legal career spanning private practice and the New York Times First Amendment Fellowship. She led BuzzFeed’s libel and news-gathering matters, including the successful defence of several high-profile libel lawsuits. Syed sits on the boards of the Scott Trust and the Mellon Foundation.