Drew Propson

Head of Technology & Innovation in Financial Services

World Economic Forum

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Drew Propson is the Head of Technology and Innovation in Financial Services at the World Economic Forum. She leads a portfolio of initiatives focused on advancing innovation while maintaining financial system stability. Current research areas include the deployment of AI and emerging technologies in financial services, technology-driven systemic risks, and fintech market trends. Drew has additionally presented and authored work on financial inclusion, regulatory dynamics, and entrepreneurship.

Drew holds MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School, a PhD in Spanish literature from UC Berkeley, and a BFA in Painting from the University of Washington. Her experience prior to joining the Forum includes private equity research, development finance, and international strategy and operations.

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10:30–11:30amTue 17 NovWorkshopWorkshop Room 2Open
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Know Your Agent: Who’s Accountable in the Agentic Economy? - Powered by Sumsub

WorkshopWorkshop Room 2Open
About this session

When an AI agent acts on your behalf, who is accountable if something goes wrong?
AI agents are beginning to make transactions, verify identities and take action without a person approving every step. This raises new questions for the systems we rely on to establish trust: How do we verify who, or what, is behind an agent? Who is responsible for its decisions? And how can trust standards work across borders when agents operate globally but regulation remains local?
This workshop brings together industry practitioners, an academic researcher and a global policy convenor to explore these questions through developments in commerce and compliance. Drawing on emerging approaches such as Know Your Agent frameworks, speakers will discuss where risks are appearing, how identity and accountability can be established, and what governance needs to look like as adoption grows.
The discussion will offer participants a clearer understanding of the emerging risks and the safeguards needed to build trust in the agentic economy.
3:45–5:15pmTue 17 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 4Open
Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation

Is AI Pulling the Ladder Up? Reimagining Job-Ready Skills in the AI Transition

Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 4Open
About this session

The white-collar skills that have historically lifted millions out of poverty across emerging economies are now facing disruption from AI. In the Philippines alone, the ILO estimates that more than a quarter of the workforce — some 12.7 million workers — holds jobs at risk of being displaced by AI automation. Most of these roles will be transformed rather than eliminated outright, but the shift is already reshaping what "job-ready" means for graduates and mid-career workers alike.

This roundtable brings together policymakers, regulators, educators, and industry leaders to confront the anxiety facing today's fresh graduates and mid-careerists, many of whom were trained for a job market that is changing faster than their curricula can keep pace with. Panelists will chart the policy interventions, employer strategies, and new models of education that will define career pathways for the next generation of workers in emerging economies.

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Drew Propson

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Know Your Agent: Who’s Accountable in the Agentic Economy? - Powered by Sumsub

Is AI Pulling the Ladder Up? Reimagining Job-Ready Skills in the AI Transition