Hodan Omaar is a senior policy manager focusing on AI policy at Information Technology & Innovation Foundation’s Center for Data Innovation. Previously, she worked as a senior consultant on technology and risk management in London and as an economist in Berlin. She has an M.A. in economics and mathematics from the University of Edinburgh.

Omaar briefed journalists in March 2025: China’s AI Leap No Surprise – If You Know Where to Look. Omaar briefed journalists in February 2026: AI and Licensing: Courts, Contracts and the Tension over Content.