Dr. Feiyu Xu is a distinguished, multi-award-winning researcher and trailblazer in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), who has held key leadership roles across various organizations. As Senior Vice President at SAP, she oversaw the corporation’s transformation as the Global Head of AI from 2020 to 2023, playing a pivotal role in defining and implementing SAP’s AI strategy. Before joining SAP, Dr. Xu served as Vice President at Lenovo Group, where she led the AI Lab and shaped Lenovo’s overall AI technology strategy. Prior to that, Dr. Xu was a Principal Researcher at the German Research Center for AI (DFKI), focusing on text analytics in the Language Technology Lab based in Berlin.

Dr. Xu’s entrepreneurial journey includes co-founding Nyonic, an AI start-up dedicated to industry and business transformation through generative AI solutions. She also managed Yocoy Technologies GmbH, a DFKI spin-off company that she co-founded. Her extensive experience spans the entire innovation cycle, from basic research via AI development to products and their commercialization. In recognition of her contributions, she received a Google Focused Research Award in natural language processing. Dr. Xu holds an MSc in Computational Linguistics from Saarland University (Germany) and a PhD in the same field. Currently, she serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Airbus Group as well as global technology company ZF Friedrichshafen. Additionally, Dr. Xu serves as Chairwoman of Asia Berlin Forum and is a Member of the Advisory Board of Global Neighbours.