Somaya Langley has a background in the arts, broadcast, culture and festivals, and has worked in Australia, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom for organisations including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Electrofringe (Australia’s national electronic arts festival), the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, and the University of Cambridge.

Somaya is the Science Museum Group’s inaugural Digital Preservation Manager, Vice Chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Museums and Galleries Special Interest Group, and Co-Chair of the International Council on Archives’ Expert Group on Managing Physical and Digital Records. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Cultural Leadership from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art. Somaya is the inaugural recipient of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives’ 2023 Lars Gaustad Award.