Interview Of The Week

Interview Of The Week: Barbara Cresti On AI Governance

The EU AI Act is in force. Enforcement began this summer, and the clock is ticking toward August 2026, when high-risk AI systems will come under strict regulation. The Innovator spoke with Barbara Cresti, founder of StratEdge and advisor to boards across Europe on AI strategy, governance, and digital sovereignty, about the regulation’s impact on business. She has over 20 years of leadership experience, including senior roles at Amazon Web Services and Orange, and sits on advisory boards of AI-native startups.

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About the author

Jennifer L. Schenker

Jennifer L. Schenker, an award-winning journalist, has been covering the global tech industry from Europe since 1985, working full-time, at various points in her career for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Time Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Red Herring and BusinessWeek. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Innovator, an English-language global publication about the digital transformation of business. Jennifer was voted one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in Europe in 2015 and 2016 and was named by Forbes Magazine in 2018 as one of the 30 women leaders disrupting tech in France. She has been a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers judge for 20 years. She lives in Paris and has dual U.S. and French citizenship.