Dr. Zou is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter. She is a dual-qualified (England & Australia) lawyer with 18 years of international experience in business, government and academia. Dr. Zou is an advisor to the UK Government's Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. Dr. Zou graduated with law Master’s & PhD degrees from the University of Oxford. She founded and led the first lawtech innovation lab at the University of Oxford. She is also co-founder of Deriskly Limited, which develops cutting-edge AI solutions for organisations to prevent disputes with customers and other stakeholders.