Emili Budell-Rhodes

Lead Evangelist, Engineering Culture, LexisNexis®

Emili is the Lead Evangelist for Engineering Culture at LexisNexis, driving organisational change and advancing the rule of law through technology. She promotes the technology strategy enabling empowered and autonomous teams globally.

In this role, Emili advocates for the development of current best practices, including Responsible AI, rooted in organisational values; drives customer value through inclusion, psychological safety and cross-functional working; and supports and facilitates transparency and other forms of collaboration that embrace sharing, reuse, learning and innovation.

Emili is passionate about creating sustainable, positive impact. She started her career in the public and non-profit sectors before joining the RELX Corporate Responsibility team to lead the global community programme, shaping the corporate strategy and policies in the areas of community investment, disaster relief and anti-modern slavery. During an internal secondment, Emili created the RELX Responsible AI Principles, researching approaches both within RELX and the industry, reporting into the Chief Technology Officer Forum.