Lauren Myers-Cavanagh

Lauren is the head of communications for Microsoft in Asia where she leads a team focused on figuring out what this new age of AI means for the craft of communications while at the same time trying to explain AI to the world. Prior to Microsoft Lauren led communications for Twitter in Asia where she focused on protecting Twitter’s corporate and social license to operate while growing audience and revenue across more than a dozen markets in the region. Prior to Twitter she spent six years at Edelman where she held various roles, the last of which was Director of Communications & Special Projects for Asia Pacific. Before making the move to Singapore, she was Chief of Staff to Edelman’s UK CEO. She joined Edelman from Dyson where she led an international communications team tasked with launching and growing the brand in emerging markets. And she started her career in government where she worked with Michel Barnier when he was Commissioner for the European Single Market.