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Stephanie Ifayemi

Stephanie Ifayemi is a public policy leader whose work links AI standards and international cooperation to responsible AI governance. Before Oxford, she worked with GIZ and the African Union on strategy and treaty governance. She earned a first-class degree in Politics and IR at Warwick, spent a year at the University of Hong Kong, and studied for Oxford’s MPP as a Prince William scholar. She set the UK’s first AI standards objectives and launched the AI Standards Hub; in 2022, she founded Partnership on AI’s policy department. She wrote about global policy coordination, led a 2025 Trust and Safety discussion in Africa, and coauthored a governance toolkit and PAI’s six priorities for 2026; as of October 2026, she is Senior Managing Director, Public Policy at PAI.

Timeline

  1. Before 2018

    International development work

    Before starting Oxford’s MPP in 2018, she works with GIZ and the African Union in Addis Ababa and Arusha on strategy development, multilateral financial diversification, and treaty domestication.

  2. 2018

    Oxford public policy study

    In 2018, she studies for Oxford’s MPP as the second recipient of the Prince William Scholarship. Her earlier education includes a first-class degree in Politics and IR at Warwick and a year abroad at the University of Hong Kong.

  3. 2021–2022

    AI standards and policy leadership

    In 2021, she publishes the UK’s first AI standards objectives in the National AI Strategy and launches the UK AI Standards Hub with the Alan Turing Institute in January 2022. In 2022, she establishes PAI’s policy department to align its research with AI policy needs.

  4. May–July 2024

    AI policy and interoperability

    In May 2024, she urges policymakers to collaborate with a diversity of experts. In July 2024, she and Jacob Pratt and John Howell preview PAI’s planned report on global interoperability and documentation requirements for foundation models.

  5. 2025

    A summit and governance toolkit

    In April 2025, she leads a Trust and Safety discussion at the Global AI Summit on Africa in Kigali. In July 2025, she coauthors Decoding AI Governance with Elham Tabassi and Amanda Craig Deckard, presenting tools for shared understanding and interoperability in AI policy.

  6. February 2026

    Six AI governance priorities

    In February 2026, she and Jacob Pratt outline six AI governance priorities, including evaluation, accountability, and assurance mechanisms.

  7. As of October 2026

    Senior Managing Director

    She is Senior Managing Director, Public Policy at Partnership on AI.

Sources and credits

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  1. Stephanie Ifayemi | Blavatnik School of Government bsg.ox.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Stephanie Ifayemi | Blavatnik School of Government bsg.ox.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Stephanie Ifayemi oecd-events.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Stephanie Ifayemi : AI Expert - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Meaningful AI Policy Requires Multistakeholder Participation partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Towards Global Alignment and Interoperability: Bringing Stakeholders Together at PAI’s AI Policy Forum - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Prioritizing Responsible AI in Africa - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Decoding AI Governance: A Toolkit for Navigating Evolving Norms, Standards, and Rules - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Six AI Governance Priorities for 2026 - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  10. Our Team - Partnership on AI partnershiponai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.