What is AI and what does it mean for boards and senior management?

Professor Braganza is Dean, Brunel Business School and holds the Chair in Business Transformation. He is the Director of Brunel’s Research Centre for AI and AI Lab. The Centre is truly interdisciplinary with members drawn from the Engineering, Computer Science, Business School, Law, Arts, Health and Life Sciences. He is a regular contributor to AI policy developments, including the All-Party Parliamentary Group for AI. He has extensive research experience in the interplay of change and technology management, currently focused on the impact of artificial intelligence technologies in the boardroom and on the future of work, organisations and business models. The extent to which organisations change their strategy, practices, risk management, and culture in response to public perceptions of the use of AI technologies and algorithmic decision making is a significant issue. Professor Braganza used his interdisciplinary experience to design and launch a cross-cutting MSc AI Strategy.

Professor Braganza has held numerous leadership roles within Brunel University London and, before that, at the Cranfield School of Management. He is an advisor to boards of public and private sector organisations.

Phil Lim is a Director of Product Management at Diligent, a technology company creating and leading the modern governance movement: giving leaders a connected view of governance, risk, compliance and ESG across their organization. He brings 15+ years of experience in client advisory and product management roles, with expertise in data analytics as well as audit, risk and compliance management. He is a frequent speaker at IIA, ISACA, and ACFE conferences. As the Director of Product for Analytics, Reporting, and AI, he is currently responsible for defining and executing Diligent's strategy for data analytics, integrations, and visualization/reporting, as well as the adoption of AI across Diligent.

Chris is a CGI accredited board reviewer and principal at Halex Consulting, a leading boutique governance consultancy specialising in independent board evaluations and risk management advisory services. He is also a co-founder and Chair of the Risk Coalition, a not-for-profit, risk management think tank that aims to improve the effectiveness of risk management practice in the UK and globally.

Chris is the principal author of the Risk Coalition’s internationally acclaimed, ‘Raising the Bar’ leading practice guidance for board risk committees. He also Chairs the Risk Coalition’s Risk Committee Chairs and CROs forums, joint Risk Coalition/ISACA Tech Risk SIG and Halex Consulting’s own CoSec Forum for company secretaries and governance professionals.

Chris speaks regularly on risk and governance-related topics.