DECEMBER 15, 2025 — Open MIC, a leader in the field of investor engagement on issues related to technology and society, today announced the appointment of Audrey Mocle as the organization’s Executive Director.
Mocle has served as Deputy Director of Open MIC since 2022 and has worked with investors globally on a broad range of technology issues. Based in Toronto, she is an attorney with a wealth of experience in corporate human rights responsibility. Prior to joining Open MIC, Audrey conducted human rights impact assessments on behalf of leading global businesses and led the human rights program at the Royal Bank of Canada. Audrey’s research on business and human rights has been cited by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Audrey succeeds Michael Connor, who has led Open MIC since its founding in 2007. “Audrey is a proven leader whom investors can trust as they address the complicated societal challenges posed by new technologies,” said Connor, who will continue with Open MIC as a senior adviser and project director. “I look forward to working with Audrey to build on Open MIC’s track record of providing the kind of top-quality information and analysis that is needed for smart and effective shareholder engagement.”
“I’m honoured to take the helm at Open MIC at a time when greater accountability in the tech sector is more important than ever. Under Michael’s leadership, Open MIC has pioneered investor-led tech responsibility advocacy, and I’m both humbled and excited to carry this legacy forward. I look forward to working with the Open MIC team and all of our partners to foster tech investment for the world we all want.”
Open MIC is a nonprofit organization that deploys the collective power of investment management and advisory firms, faith-based investors, foundations, pension funds, and civil society groups to help shape corporate policies and practices in tech. Open MIC has led high-visibility shareholder engagements with virtually all of the leading tech companies; shareholder proposals developed by Open MIC regularly win substantial support, with votes representing billions of dollars in value.
Open MIC’s approach integrates expert and stakeholder perspectives, centers human rights, and strives to advance a sustainable, secure, and equitable future for all. Open MIC’s current areas of focus include AI and workers’ rights, privacy and data minimization, AI-enabled disinformation, the environmental impacts of data centers, and AI as a dual-use technology.
Audrey’s appointment follows Open MIC's recent launch of Material Tech, a new multimedia information platform for investors seeking authoritative, up-to-date, data-driven content on how technology impacts society and the economy. A multichannel hub that includes an online platform, a monthly newsletter, a quarterly deep-dive report, and a quarterly invitation-only webinar, Material Tech seeks to address the investor need for timely analysis on how the social impacts of digital and emerging technologies are financially material. To subscribe to Material Tech, go to materialtech.beehiiv.com/subscribe.
Open MIC is a fiscally-sponsored project of Global Impact Canada and Global Impact, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization in the U.S.
