Win Myat Nwe Khine (Winny) was born in Myanmar to Burmese parents and had an amazing childhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, surrounded by UN families while her father worked for the UN for nine years. The first time she saw a laptop, she thought of it as a magical toolbox and when she discovered that you could develop computer programs to give it instructions, a whole new world opened for her. She graduated with a BSc in Computing and Information Systems from London Metropolitan University in 2007 and began her career at THALES Solutions Asia in Singapore in 2008. She worked in Singapore from August 2008 until June 2024.
In 2022, she earned a MSc in Management from University College Dublin (UCD). In July 2024, she relocated to the Netherlands with her husband and is now enjoying Europe, a region she once learned about only in history class and books.
Over 17 years of working in the field, Winny has come to realise that the real value, impact, and satisfaction in professional life lie in being understood. For any technology to be safe and ethical, its development must be both human-centric and sustainable. If this balance is lost and only profitability is pursued, unethical technology can emerge and harm society. That risk is too great to ignore.
In line with this mission, Winny will be speaking at TEDx Coolhaven Women in Rotterdam on 10th October 2025, sharing perspectives on AI ethics and policy through diverse and global lenses. Her core passion is to make cybersecurity understandable and relatable to everyday life, empowering people to spot phishing attempts and scams from a mile away.
