On a mission to bridge the gap between young entrepreneurs and the digital future, Sinead Bovell strives to create conversations that will lead towards a progressive, informed, and thriving new era. She is a futurist and the founder of WAYE, an organization that helps prepare the next generation of business leaders for a world radically transformed by technology, focusing on non-traditional and minority markets.
Sinead founded WAYE (Weekly Advice for Young Entrepreneurs) in 2018, shortly followed by the launch of WAYE Talks—a series of monthly events where she educates young entrepreneurs on the intersection of the latest trends in business and technology. She is an 11-time United Nations speaker, an experienced host, and has a certification in AI ethics from MIT.
Sinead is a regular tech contributor for CNN and often a featured expert on a myriad of talk and morning shows. She has served as a tech contributor for publications such as Vogue, The Star, and The Globe and Mail, and was recently recognized by WIRED for her work in bringing “new faces to the table in tech.” Sinead’s been dubbed the AI educator for “non-nerds” by Vogue magazine, and named one of Refinery 29’s “Top Ten Black Women Changing the Game”, alongside Naomi Osaka and Michaela Coel. She has given a TEDx Talk on the ethics of avatars; hosted WIRED magazine’s hit YouTube Series, “What We Will Know”; and to date has educated over 300,000 young entrepreneurs on the future of technology. Passionate about the topic of digital inclusion, Sinead is also a strategic advisor to the United Nations Telecommunication Union.
Prior to founding WAYE, Sinead received her MBA from the University of Toronto and worked as a management consultant for A.T. Kearney.
