Directors face new duties under the EU AI Act — from oversight of high-risk systems to ensuring staff AI literacy. AI for Boards equips your board with the knowledge, frameworks, and confidence to govern AI responsibly and strategically.
AI isn't just a technology question for the IT team — it's a strategic, legal, and reputational matter that requires board-level oversight.
The EU AI Act imposes direct obligations on deployers of high-risk AI systems — including board-level accountability for governance frameworks, risk management, and staff training.
AI investments, partnerships, and deployments carry significant opportunity and risk. Directors need AI literacy to ask the right questions and challenge management effectively.
AI introduces new risks — bias, hallucinations, data privacy breaches, reputational harm. The board must ensure these risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated.
Investors, customers, and regulators expect responsible AI governance. Board-level engagement demonstrates commitment and builds confidence.
Effective AI governance requires boards to engage with specific technical, legal, and operational dimensions of AI use.
Boards should understand what AI systems the organisation uses or deploys, and whether any qualify as high-risk under the EU AI Act.
Ensure management has established processes to identify, assess, and mitigate AI-specific risks — and that these are regularly reported to the board.
The EU AI Act requires deployers to ensure staff have sufficient AI literacy. The board must verify this obligation is met across the organisation.
Directors should challenge and approve AI strategy — ensuring alignment with organisational values, risk appetite, and long-term objectives.
Including both developed in-house and procured from third parties — with clear ownership and accountability.
Particularly identifying any high-risk systems under the EU AI Act that trigger specific compliance obligations.
Covering acceptable use, risk management, data governance, transparency, and human oversight.
What metrics are tracked? How often is the board briefed on AI incidents, near-misses, or performance issues?
Can we demonstrate compliance with the EU AI Act's staff-training duty? Is training ongoing and role-specific?
Does the board collectively have sufficient AI literacy? Should we appoint an AI advisor or non-executive director?
Is there an incident response plan? Who takes the lead? How do we communicate with stakeholders and regulators?
Can we produce evidence of compliance — policies, training records, risk assessments, and audit trails?
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90-minute executive briefings covering AI fundamentals, EU AI Act obligations, and practical governance frameworks — delivered in plain language.
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