Katharina Frey

Katharina Frey

Katharina Frey is the co founder and Executive Director of the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN), based at ETH Zurich. She has led ICAIN since its inception in 2024, shaping it into a global collaboration platform connecting leading scientific institutions — including ETH Zurich, EPFL, NTU Singapore, Data Science Africa, the ELLIS network of machine learning institutes, as well as the supercomputing centers CSC Switzerland and CSC Finland. ICAIN advances responsible AI research, talent development, and shared computational capacity worldwide for the common good.
Katharina brings a strong track record at the intersection of AI governance, digital diplomacy, and global partnerships. Before starting with ICAIN, she served for 17 years as a career diplomat at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs with postings in Paris, Bern, and at the United Nations in Vienna. At headquarters, she helped establish the Digital Foreign Policy Division and shaped Switzerland’s international strategy on digital governance and cybersecurity. She also led major initiatives to strengthen cyber resilience across International Geneva.
She holds master’s degrees in law from the University of Zurich and in public administration from the London School of Economics.

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    ETH Zurich
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    Executive Director, ICAIN
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