AI Governance for Boards:

From Experimentation to Accountability

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a future-facing experiment, it is already reshaping strategy, risk, decision-making, cybersecurity, workforce structures, and boardroom accountability.

As AI adoption accelerates across sectors, boards are being asked to govern not only the opportunities of AI, but also its ethical, operational, regulatory, reputational, and geopolitical risks. This webinar explores what responsible AI oversight now requires from boards and senior leaders.

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About this webinar

AI has moved rapidly from experimentation into enterprise-wide implementation. For boards, this creates a new governance challenge: how to support innovation while ensuring appropriate oversight, accountability, transparency, and risk management.

This webinar will examine the board’s role in governing AI amid a complex global environment shaped by regulatory fragmentation, geopolitical competition, cybersecurity threats, misinformation, digital sovereignty concerns, and rapidly evolving stakeholder expectations.

With a particular focus on the GCC and global governance landscape, the session will explore how boards can strengthen AI oversight frameworks, assess emerging risks, and prepare for the strategic implications of AI-assisted decision-making — including the future possibility of AI-generated advisory roles in governance.

Who should attend?

This webinar is designed for:

  • Board directors and committee members
  • C-suite executives and senior leaders
  • Governance, risk, compliance, and ethics professionals
  • Technology, digital transformation, and cybersecurity leaders
  • Legal, audit, and assurance professionals
  • Strategy leaders responsible for AI adoption, innovation, or enterprise risk
  • Professionals working across GCC markets or organisations exposed to global regulatory and geopolitical complexity
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What you will learn

By attending this webinar, participants will gain insight into:

  • The board’s fiduciary responsibilities in overseeing AI adoption and AI-related risk
  • How to build stronger AI governance, accountability, and oversight structures
  • The ethical, reputational, cybersecurity, and operational risks associated with AI
  • How geopolitical instability, regulatory fragmentation, and technological sovereignty are reshaping AI governance
  • The implications of AI-assisted governance, AI-generated advice, and future boardroom decision-making tools
  • How GCC organisations can balance innovation, digital transformation, risk, and responsible governance in a rapidly changing global environment

Hosted By

carolynn chalmers, ceo of the gga

Carolynn Chalmers is the Chief Executive Officer of the Good Governance Academy and a respected voice in governance, sustainability, and responsible leadership. Through her work with global standards and education initiatives, she helps advance practical, purpose-driven governance that supports accountability, long-term value creation, and sustainable organisational performance.

Guest speaker

Professor Mervyn King

Professor Mervyn King is the Founding Patron of the Good Governance Academy and one of the world’s leading voices on corporate governance and integrated reporting. A Senior Counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, he is widely recognised for his leadership of the King Committee on Corporate Governance and his contribution to advancing ethical, effective, and sustainable governance globally.

Sana Kaleem

Sana Kaleem is a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, specializing in AI-driven transformations that improve operational performance and accelerate growth. She has led large, cross-functional AI programs across government and private-sector institutions in the Middle East, spanning strategy, capability building, and end-to-end implementation.  Sana leads McKinsey’s tech and AI projects in the region and helps shape firm perspectives on AI operating models, workforce transformation, and large-scale adoption. She brings over 15 years of experience working with national government entities, financial institutions, technology partners and is a frequent speaker at AI forums and leadership programs.

EVENT TIMES

DATE:
23 July 2026

TIME:

03:00  Los Angeles

06:00  New York

07:00  Rio de Janeiro

11:00  London

12:00  Cape Town

13:00  Riyadh

15:30  New Delhi

18:00  Beijing

19:00  Tokyo

20:00  Melbourne

22:00  Auckland

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