Cindy Rose

Chief Executive Officer, WPP plc

Search every verified Cindy Rose interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a 2018 interview during London Tech Week, Cindy Rose, then CEO of Microsoft UK, discussed the company's role in the UK's technology sector and its approach to artificial intelligence. Rose stated that Microsoft's philosophy behind AI is "about augmenting human ingenuity," adding that "AI and humans working together can achieve much more than humans working on their own." She also described the company's publication of a book titled "Future Computed," which she said sets out AI principles for "designing, developing, deploying AI in a way that's responsible and ethical." Rose advocated for AI practitioners to adopt a "Hippocratic oath like doctors do to do no harm." Rose also addressed efforts to close the skills gap and increase diversity in the tech industry. She said Microsoft had taken public commitments including "working with children to inspire them to choose a career in technology by exposing them to coding," providing technical apprenticeship opportunities, and reskilling people already in the workforce, particularly in the public sector. Rose noted that she personally visits schools to speak with girls around age 11 or 12, as research indicates they make decisions about entering the field at that age, and she stated that over 100 of her employees had signed up to do the same.