Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change was formally established in December 2016 in London, when Tony Blair closed his for-profit consultancy Tony Blair Associates and reconstituted the work as a not-for-profit advisory organization. Its registered office is at One Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL. The institute's mission is to help governments and leaders build more open, inclusive, and prosperous countries by providing expert advice on strategy, policy, and delivery, with technology as a cross-cutting enabler. TBI operates at significant scale: in 2024 it reported revenue of approximately $161 million and employed an average of 786 staff globally, working across more than 40 countries on over 120 active projects. More than 90 percent of those projects involve technology-driven support at the highest levels of government. Key funders have included the Larry Ellison Foundation, which has pledged or donated more than $338 million since 2021, alongside government advisory contracts and other philanthropists. The institute's AI and technology work is led by its Science and Technology Policy team, headed by Jakob Mokander (Director) and Elizabeth Seger (Senior Policy Advisor, global AI governance). This team engages directly with governments preparing AI legislation, produces governance frameworks for frontier AI systems, and publishes research on topics including AI safety regulation, open-source AI policy, AI in public services, and multilateral AI governance. TBI received a $636,000 Open Philanthropy grant to support a series of AI governance papers, roundtables, and policy briefings. In 2025 TBI undertook some organizational restructuring amid continued operating deficits, while increasing its AI-related work and seeking new donors. Beyond AI governance, TBI covers economic prosperity, geopolitics and security, public services reform, climate and energy, and politics and governance. Its approach emphasizes practical delivery alongside policy design, working side-by-side with political leaders rather than producing research for academic audiences.