Tom Lind is a Visiting Fellow of Practice with the Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. He is also Lead for Cyber and Strategic Risk at OpenAI. His work focuses on artificial intelligence, espionage, and great power competition.

Previously, Tom served as Head of Policy and Senior Advisor to the National Cyber Director at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. He led policy teams responsible for AI security, offensive cyber, and national cybersecurity, overseeing work on the National Cyber Strategy as well as multiple Executive Orders and National Security Presidential Memoranda.

Before joining the White House, Tom held operational and analytical leadership positions at the National Security Agency, specialising in Chinese cyber operations, counterintelligence, and AI. His intelligence career included service at the Central Intelligence Agency and the Office of Naval Intelligence and spanned overseas field operations, strategic analysis, and leadership of counterintelligence programmes. He also taught courses on China’s intelligence services, military, and statecraft at the National Intelligence University.

Outside government, Tom served as Director of Strategic Intelligence at BlueVoyant, advising multinational corporations and government agencies on state-aligned cyber risks, and as a Cybersecurity Fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies.

Tom is a lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve. He holds a first-class BA from the University of Oxford and master’s degrees from Columbia University and Sciences Po.