Magda Woods is the co-founder and CEO of Flare Data, an AI startup. As a serial entrepreneur, her first tech venture, Waive, was acquired by Future plc in 2022. Previously, she served as the MD for Data at Global Data Media and has a track record of managing multi-million dollar investments in AI technologies. Her leadership has been instrumental in driving digital transformation in large-scale newsrooms within both public and private sectors, including the BBC, The Telegraph, Channel 4, and New Statesman.
In addition to her corporate achievements, Magda has served in advisory roles for the government’s AI strategy, and has consulted for the Digital Government Service in the UK. Magda is an engineer and computer scientist by trade and has an executive MBA from the Bayes Business School.