Lucy Yu is CEO and founder at Centre for Net Zero, Octopus Energy Group’s non-profit energy and AI open research institute spearheading the transition to a fully sustainable global energy grid, by forecasting the future of energy demand.

Lucy has 20 years’ experience building and scaling global consumer-facing and deeptech ventures in artificial intelligence;and developing tech policy and regulation for the UK government, European Commission, and the UN.

In 2024 Lucy was appointed a Clean Power 2030 Commissioner by the UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). In addition to this role, she chairs ADViCE (AI for Decarbonisation Virtual Centre of Excellence), a govt-funded programme for the development of innovative artificial intelligence technologies that support the transition to net zero.

Lucy is a non-executive director at E3G and Connected Places Catapult, and co-founder of the Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning. She sits on the Russell Group’s Industrial Strategy Expert Advisory Group.