Cindy Parokkil

Cindy Parokkil

Cindy Parokkil leads ISO’s Standards and Public Policy Programme and serves as ISO’s AI Policy Lead. She is also Vice-Chair of the AI Multimedia Authenticity Standards (AMAS) working group and Programme Lead for the 2025 International AI Standards Summit.

In her current role, she leads ISO’s strategic engagement with the international AI governance ecosystem, collaborating with key global organizations and policy forums to ensure coherence between international standards and emerging AI policy frameworks. She also leads capacity building initiatives for governments and standards bodies on this topic.

An economist by training, she has over a decade of experience at the intersection of standards, trade, and public policy. Her experience spans thought leadership, policy influence and capacity building. Prior to joining ISO, she was Government Engagement and International Policy Manager at BSI, where she led initiatives to integrate international standards into national and global digital policy efforts, including in the UK and Kenya. In her career at UNIDO, she designed and implemented trade and quality infrastructure system programmes in Africa funded by the governments of Switzerland, Finland and Germany.

Cindy holds an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.