Combiz Abdolrahimi

Combiz Abdolrahimi is Vice President and the Global Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy at ServiceNow – the company with the fastest organic growth in the history of enterprise software. He has served as a national security lawyer, policymaker, regulator, & chief innovation officer, advising Presidents/Heads of State, Ministers, Congress/Parliaments, & CEOs on technology, strategy, policy, & innovation. He consults with governments, commercial enterprises, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, & family offices on new & emerging technologies. He has over 15 years of public & private sector experience helping governments & Fortune 500 firms to run data-driven digital transformation projects, manage multi-billion-dollar budgets, & harness the power of tech to meet their needs. He has scaled tech-powered systems to modernize & secure innovations in energy, trade, banking, smart cities, healthcare, national security, compliance, critical infrastructure, & cyber. He has shaped business, policy, legal, ethical, regulatory, & tech dimensions of AI, blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital assets and infrastructure, payments, IT, procurement & acquisition, cloud, quantum & IoT, 5G/6G, cybersecurity, FinTech/RegTech, & digital connectivity. Combiz serves on multiple boards including the OECD, WEF, UN, Middle East Policy Council, & CFR, is a globally recognized innovation advisor who speaks to audiences worldwide & is the recipient of many awards including the Fed 100 (recognizing the top 100 executives in government) & the World Economic Forum Agile 50 (recognizing the world’s 50 most influential people driving innovation in gov't, regulation & policy). Combiz has deep relationships with leaders in the U.S., Europe, Asia, & the Middle East, & globally, building partnerships, accelerating contracts, winning deals of multi-billion-dollar contracts, & leading to increased growth & investment opportunities. He regularly engages with policymakers, regulators, NGOs, investors, standard-setters, professional associations, think tanks, and the public at large on key policy questions.