Marushka Chocobar is a senior international advisor specializing in artificial intelligence governance, digital government, digital public infrastructure (DPI), and public-sector digital transformation. She works for multilateral and international organizations, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Bank, as well as with public and private organizations globally. Through GovStack and other international assignments, she advises governments on DPI governance, interoperability, digital identity, service design, implementation roadmaps, data governance, digital trust, and the responsible adoption of emerging technologies. She is also a Women in GovTech Ambassador.

From 2018 to 2023, Chocobar served as Peru’s Secretary of Digital Government and later Secretary of Government and Digital Transformation. From the center of government, she led the national digital transformation agenda and coordinated policy and implementation across the public sector at national, regional, and local levels. Her work included the National Digital Transformation Policy to 2030, the Digital Government Law, the National Digital Transformation System, the Digital Trust Framework, national interoperability and digital identity capabilities, and the policy agenda that led to Peru’s Artificial Intelligence Law. She also created the Niñas Digitales and Internet Segura programs, advancing digital inclusion and safer digital environments for children and adolescents. Her international work spans Latin America, Africa, and Europe and includes digital identity, financial inclusion, proactive public services, AI governance, and institutional digital transformation.

A central focus of Chocobar’s work is making technology safer, more accessible, and more useful for vulnerable and underserved populations. She promotes digital inclusion and works to protect children and older adults from digital risks and online harms, while advancing responsible technology, digital rights, and gender-responsive public policy. She is co-author of the World Bank publication “Strengthening Digital Identification for Greater Financial Inclusion in Peru,” and author of “Chi governa gli algoritmi? Potere, responsabilità e inclusione nella società dell’IA,” published in Rivista Corporate Governance, and “Política Nacional de Transformación Digital: aspectos centrales para la equidad digital,” published in IUS ET VERITAS.

She is an Industrial Engineer who has completed graduate studies in Systems Engineering and the executive program AI and Digital Transformation in Government at Oxford Saïd Business School, developed in collaboration with UNESCO. Apolitical named her among the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government in 2018 and 2019.