Meet Our Founder & CEO
Sevinc Kader
Founder & CEO, Senior Government Relations & European Affairs Strategist | Certified Board Director
Sevinc Kader is a Brussels-based, multi-award-winning international strategist, board-level strategic advisor, and certified board director, with more than 20 years of senior leadership experience across European institutions, transatlantic policy networks, and technology governance, both in Brussels and in Washington DC. She is the Founder and CEO of Forward 1919 Global Strategic Advisory and the European AI Hub, where she advises boards, CEOs, and senior leadership teams on geopolitical risk, AI governance, digital transformation, and regulatory strategy in an increasingly complex global environment.
Her professional background includes several years of experience within the European Parliament, where she worked across a wide range of policy portfolios and initiatives.
She worked for six years at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Center for Transatlantic Relations, focusing on transatlantic relations and EU–US policy dynamics as a visiting and non-resident fellow. Her work on emerging technologies and governance was further developed through her fellowship at New York University, where she examined artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and their impact on governance in the 21st century.
She served as Head of the EU Office for a leading international political organisation, acting as the European spokesperson and strategist in Brussels and advising board-level leadership on EU strategy, political risk, and institutional positioning.
In parallel, she served for 15 years on the board of the second-largest political organisation represented in the European Parliament, contributing to policy formation, committee work, and board-level decision-making and policy positioning at the European level, alongside senior European leaders.
Her experience spans leadership roles across think tanks, non-profit organisations, and corporate advisory structures in the context of strategic advisory. She holds an MA in international relations from CERIS Brussels and the European Board Diploma from ecoDa and ICGN, and has completed executive education at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation.
In 2024, she was named as a Leading Public Affairs Voice, and in 2025 as one of the top AI governance voices within the EU ecosystem by ZN. She has received multiple international recognitions, including being named among the Most Influential Global Policy Leaders by Diplomatic Courier (Washington DC), recognition as a leading voice in EU Public Affairs and AI Governance, selection as a Young European Leader under the auspices of the European Parliament Presidency, Young Entrepreneur of the Year by TÜSİAD, and a Research Award from the European Commission.
A frequent international speaker, she contributes thought leadership on AI governance, transatlantic relations, digital policy, and geopolitical strategy for boards and senior executives navigating systemic change, and is a regular international media contributor, featured as an expert voice by BBC, Deutsche Welle, CNN, Euronews, and Euractiv.
