Leesa Soulodre Keynote Speaker

Founder & Managing General Partner of R3i, a cross-border deep-tech venture group
Frontier-markets investor with more than 25 years' experience across capital, technology and regulation
Board Advisor to the AI Asia Pacific Institute and recognised Responsible AI Leader finalist (2025)

Leesa Soulodre's Biography

Leesa Soulodre is a frontier-markets investor, entrepreneur and Founder & Managing General Partner of R3i. Her work sits at the intersection of deep technology, regulation and institutional capital — the systems through which emerging industries are financed, governed and scaled.

She works with founders, institutions and public-sector stakeholders to identify structural shifts early and turn frontier capabilities into investable markets, and speaks internationally on technology, market structure and responsible AI. She serves as a Board Advisor to the AI Asia Pacific Institute, co-founded TRIUM Angels, and was a 2025 Responsible AI Leader finalist in the Women in AI Awards, North America.

Her path to the frontier was not a straight line: trained as a nurse, she went on to serve in the Royal Australian Army — 139 Signals — before building and scaling telecommunications and technology businesses from the ground up — an early grounding in discipline, systems and getting things done under pressure that still shapes how she operates today.

Algorithmic Roulette

Machines have become institutional judges; boards still govern as if judgment were human

The Digital Transformation of the Investment Process

How data, models and language tools are rewriting how capital finds, judges and funds a company.

Masters vs Robots

The future of work when judgment, not just labour, can be automated.

When She Who Codes Owns the Future

Why the institutions that control the algorithm increasingly control the outcome.

Cyber Risk Governance in an LLM Era

What boards must ask when large language models sit inside every critical decision.

Board Governance in the Age of Machine Judgment

Preserving challenge, accountability and human agency as decision support becomes the decision.

She helps leaders and organisations navigate emerging technologies by providing practical insights into responsible AI, deep technology and the future of global innovation and investment.
She translates decades of experience across venture capital, technology and regulation into actionable strategies, helping businesses identify opportunities, manage risk and thrive in rapidly evolving markets.
She combines expertise as a global investor, entrepreneur and board adviser, offering a unique perspective on frontier technologies, cross-border growth and responsible innovation.
As Founder and Managing General Partner of R3i and Board Advisor to the AI Asia Pacific Institute, she has advised more than 400 organisations across 19 industries and is recognised as a leading voice on responsible AI and deep-tech investment.
Her engaging keynotes equip audiences with practical frameworks to embrace innovation, harness AI responsibly and build resilient organisations ready for the future.