Biography

Prior to joining AICF, Motsi-Omoijiade was an analyst working in the area of science and emerging technology at RAND Europe and a research fellow in emerging technology at the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham Business School. Before joining the business school, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the School of Law, University of Birmingham, investigating the use of blockchain in the healthcare sector. Prior to this, she worked as a research intern at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Centre for Alternative Finance.

In addition to her research activities, Motsi-Omoijiade is a member of the British Standards Institute's Technical Committee on Blockchain Standards, where she is part of a select group of experts on the joint China/UK e-commerce working group. Her other affiliations include the University College London (UCL) Centre for Blockchain Technology, as a research associate, and the Warwick Business School AI Innovation Network (AIIN), as research affiliate. She is part of the UK Cabinet Office’s Open Innovation Team Community of Interest on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies and, in 2020, was invited to contribute to the African Union High Level Panel on Emerging Technology’s reports on blockchain and AI.