Sinead Bovell

About

Futurist, entrepreneur, and social media personality who has been featured by Daily Motion, The Fashionista, Birdies, and countless other media outlets for her inventive approaches to AI and the evolving world of technology. She is the founder of WAYE, or Weekly Advice for Young Entrepreneurs. She is also a model, and a member of the United Nations' Generation Connect Visionaries Board.

Before Fame

After earning her bachelor's degree in finance & chemistry from Wilfrid Laurier University, she went on to obtain her MBA in strategic management from the University of Toronto and study AI ethics at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She launched her professional career in management consulting before briefly shifting her focus to modeling and ultimately discovering a way to combine her skills and experience into one by launching WAYE in 2017.  

Trivia

As a panelist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce she discussed the application of facial recognition technology in the fight against human trafficking. She has also served as a keynote speaker for high-profile events like the World Youth Summit for Peace in Dubai. In 2024, a clip of her appearance on CTV's The Social, in which she presented an innovative idea to combat students' misuse of chatbots and AI in completing assignments, went instantly viral and sparked a meaningful conversation amongst viewers.

Family Life

She is a first-generation Canadian. Her mother is Irish, while her father is Guyanese.

Associated With

While attending college, she was scouted by Next Canada - the agency that also represents models such as Anok Yai and Grace Elizabeth. As a multi-hyphenate model and social entrepreneur, her career has been compared to those of Karlie Kloss and Adwoa Aboah.