Release: Clu strengthens Advisory Board with senior leaders from global technology firms to advance ethical, commercially viable AI

News release: Jan 2023

Clu today announced the expansion of its Advisory Board with the appointment of senior leaders from Google, Salesforce, Talend, and Hootsuite.

Joining the board are Kia Christian, Maggie Lower, Jen Shorten, and Lalitha Stables, who will work alongside existing advisors including Amazon's Andrew Winton and Legal & General's Justin Onuekwusi.

This evolution of the Advisory Board reflects Clu’s continued shift towards building audit-grade, sovereign AI designed to underpin workforce transformation and critical business decision-making.

Supporting the next phase of Clu’s AI evolution

As organisations accelerate AI adoption, a growing challenge has emerged: how to build systems that are not only powerful, but trusted, explainable, and commercially viable.

Clu is focused on solving this.

At the centre of its platform is TalentGPS™, a foundational Small Language Model designed to understand human capability at the level of skills, tasks, and behaviours—providing a defensible, structured view of how work actually happens.

The newly expanded Advisory Board brings deep expertise across enterprise technology, data infrastructure, and global operating models to support Clu in:

• Scaling ethical and explainable AI systems

• Ensuring commercial relevance at enterprise level

• Navigating regulatory and governance requirements

• Embedding AI into real-world operating environments

A shift from AI experimentation to accountable systems

Clu’s approach reflects a broader shift in the market—from experimental AI deployments to systems that must withstand scrutiny from regulators, boards, and investors.

Jen Shorten commented:

“The next phase of AI isn’t about more models, it’s about better foundations. Clu’s approach to structuring and understanding human capability creates a level of clarity and consistency that most organisations are currently missing.”

Building AI that stands up to real-world use

For Kia Christian, the opportunity lies in ensuring AI enhances, rather than distorts, how organisations understand value: “We’re at a point where AI will shape how organisations define and deploy human capability. That requires systems that are grounded in reality; transparent, accountable, and designed to reflect how work actually happens.”

Aligning ethical AI with commercial outcomes

The Advisory Board appointments also reinforce Clu’s belief that ethical AI and commercial performance are not competing priorities, but interdependent ones.

Lalitha Stables said:“Organisations don’t just need more data, they need confidence in the decisions they’re making. Clu brings a level of intentionality and structure that allows AI to be both responsible and commercially impactful.”

From insight to infrastructure

Clu is increasingly positioned not as a point solution, but as decision infrastructure; a control layer that enables organisations to redesign work for the age of AI with clarity and confidence.

Maggie Lower added: “What stands out about Clu is the focus on building something that actually works in practice. Not just insight but infrastructure that organisations can rely on as they navigate complex transformation.”

About Clu

Clu is a UK-based AI producer creating audit-grade decision infrastructure for workforce transformation. Its platform, powered by TalentGPS™, enables organisations to understand how work is structured across skills, tasks, and workflows—supporting more effective, accountable, and future-ready operating models.