Alexandra is an economist and former head of country risk management at Morgan Stanley, Senior Sovereign Analyst at Moody’s, and was the Director of the Prosperity Index. She is on the Board of Mercy Corp.
Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Director of Tortoise Intelligence

“Tortoise has an electric combination of investigative journalism, sharp debates and a love for data driven analysis. Can not get any better than that.”
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Thursday 30 September 2021
10:30-17:30 BSTThe Tortoise Cyber Summit
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Thursday 3 December 2020
08:30-14:00 GMTThe Global AI Summit
On 3rd December, second Global AI Summit will imagine a world with AI at its core.
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Thursday 21 April 2022
The future of trust in artificial intelligence:
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Thursday 2 December 2021
AI Boom Time
The fourth iteration of the Tortoise Global AI Index, which ranks 62 countries on their capacity for AI development, is released today. Its key finding: levels of global investment into artificial intelligence have surged to record levels
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Tuesday 27 July 2021
CEOs facing backlash for pay hikes
A Tortoise analysis reveals that 38 companies in the FTSE 100 have awarded bigger pay packages to their CEOs during the pandemic – a time of general economic hardship and rising inequality
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Thursday 22 July 2021
Colombia’s AI Strategy
Alexandra Mousavizadeh and Sebastian Hervas-Jones spoke to Victor Munoz, Director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of Colombia, and Armando Guio, IADB consultant in AI policy. Here is a summary of what was discussed
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Friday 18 June 2021
The Responsible AI Forum at Waddesdon: Our statement
We brought together leading thinkers from around the world to discuss the responsible development and deployment of AI. Here’s what we learned on the day
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Wednesday 9 June 2021
Europe falls behind in the AI race
A weak startup ecosystem is holding the EU back from unleashing its full potential in the AI space, while the US and China still reign supreme, according to the latest release of the Tortoise Global AI Index
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Thursday 29 April 2021
The problem with corporate climate targets
Emissions pledges have become a trendy tool through which companies show off their “green” credentials. They’re just talk
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Friday 18 December 2020
Is the UK losing its edge on AI?
The country comes third in Tortoise’s AI Index, which seems impressive until you start looking closer…
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Thursday 10 December 2020
The Tortoise Global AI Summit: the Readout
We very much hope that you were able to join us at the Global AI summit last Thursday. We had more than 1,500 guests tune in to catch the results of the 2020 Tortoise Global AI Index, to discuss the geo-politics of AI, to examine its impact on talent, investment, and the most recent technological breakthroughs
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Thursday 3 December 2020
Who is leading the world in AI?
The UK slips back and China gains ground on the USA
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Friday 27 September 2019
Responsibility100
Talk v walk
Do the FTSE 100’s promises on sustainability stack up?