Catriona Wallace, PhD, is a globally recognised business leader, entrepreneur, and authority in artificial intelligence, ethics, and leadership. She was a Shark on the hit TV show Shark Tank Australia (2023), is the founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, and has been a pioneer in the technology-meets-humanity field for the last 20 years. Dr. Wallace walks between the worlds of business and shamanism, embodying a unique blend of expertise forged through a highly successful business career as well as training with the Shipibo people in Peru. With a profound commitment to fostering the evolution of both technology and humanity, Catriona has cultivated a global reputation as a leader in both technology ethics and the Psychedelic Renaissance movement. With a PhD in Organizational Behaviour, and Honorary PhD in Business, Catriona’s academic background underscores her deep understanding of the intricate relationship between technology and human behaviour.
She is the co-author of Checkmate Humanity: The How and Why of Responsible AI and founder of the Rapid Transformation organization. Today, she advises businesses, communities, and governments worldwide on responsible technology practices while also facilitating transformational leadership retreats grounded in traditional plant and earth-based medicines.
Drawing on three decades as a CEO, entrepreneur, and academic, Dr. Wallace was named a Global Power Woman by the UK’s Centre for Economic and Leadership Development. She has combined rigorous research with lived experience—including pioneering studies on the role of psychedelics in leadership development to develop her “Rapid Transformation” framework. The framework includes three pillars – ritual, awakened thinking, and emerging technology – that together provide leaders with the tools to navigate ambiguity and act decisively in a time of unprecedented change.