Dr. Marc Warner is the Global Chief Technology Officer of Accenture, where he is a member of the company’s Global Management Committee, and CEO of Faculty. Marc has spent the last fifteen years at the frontier of AI progress. Under his leadership, Faculty has established itself as one of Europe’s leading applied AI companies. Faculty is widely credited with improving critical public services and driving sustained economic returns across every sector of the economy. Recognised as a leader in AI safety, Faculty works with the world’s leading AI labs, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to ensure their latest models are safe, human-led and explainable.
Marc is a leading voice in the global AI landscape, frequently called upon to advise global business leaders, governments and frontier labs on the safe widespread adoption of AI. He has played a pivotal role in shaping national AI policy as a member of the UK Prime Minister’s AI Council and the UK Government’s Digital Economy Advisory Group.
Prior to founding Faculty, Marc built a distinguished career in academia, specialising in the foundational physics that powers modern computing. He was a Marie Curie Fellow in Physics at Harvard University, where his research focused on quantum sensing.
Marc holds a PhD in Quantum Computing and a degree in Physics.
