Practitioner. Consultant. Researcher. Founder.

Ona Oshen is a policy strategist and executive leader whose work bridges law, technology, and global governance. She is the founder of Responsible AI Africa, a premier knowledge hub and community platform for artificial intelligence (AI). Her leadership in AI policy includes serving as Lead of the Security Cluster during the early development of Nigeria’s proposed National AI Policy, and later contributing to the creation of the country’s National AI Strategy.

Her career spans New York, Toronto, Lagos, Abuja, and Johannesburg, reflecting a global perspective and versatility across sectors. Ona has held roles at leading institutions, including Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and PwC, and has consulted with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She is the CEO and Principal Consultant of OneRose Consulting, a strategy and advisory firm operating in Canada and Nigeria.

Ona is licensed to practice law in New York, Nigeria, and Ontario, and is bilingual in English and French. At Osgoode Hall Law School, her doctoral research examines the intersection of AI and international law. She is a 2026–2027 John Peters Humphrey Fellow, awarded by the Canadian Council on International Law, and a former Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellow (2024–26). She holds an MPhil in Management from Cambridge Judge Business School, where she was a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar.