Ryan McDonough is Head of Legal Tech Engineering at KPMG Law. He designs and builds technology for legal work, with a particular interest in AI, workflow design and the operational controls required when automated systems move from producing answers to taking action.

His independent writing examines how legal and professional organisations can use AI without losing ownership, authority or accountability. He developed the Human Accountable for the Loop framework as a practical approach to governing those systems.

Ryan writes at ryanmcdonough.co.uk and maintains the HAL resources at theloop.legal.