Board Directors & Non-Executive Directors
Directors who need to fulfil governance obligations under the EU AI Act and demonstrate informed oversight of AI initiatives to stakeholders and regulators.
AI for the Boardroom
Your board will face AI decisions this year. Will you be ready to ask the right questions?
Course Snapshot
About the Course
AI for the Boardroom
Most boards are either ignoring AI or delegating it entirely to IT. Both are liabilities. The EU AI Act creates direct governance obligations for organisations deploying high-risk AI systems and the accountability sits at board level, not in the server room.
This isn’t a technology course. It’s an executive briefing designed to equip directors and senior leaders with the strategic clarity, risk awareness, and governance vocabulary they need to make confident AI decisions without becoming technical experts.
In three focused hours, your leadership team will work through the seven critical questions every board should be asking about AI: from strategic alignment and data governance to vendor risk, workforce impact, ethical exposure, regulatory compliance, and ROI measurement. You’ll leave with a prioritised action checklist not a slide deck of possibilities.
Who is this course for?
Designed exclusively for senior leaders who govern, fund, or approve AI decisions.
C-Suite Executives
CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and CIOs who need strategic clarity on where AI creates value, where it creates risk, and how to allocate resources responsibly.
General Managers & Country Leads
Senior leaders running business units or national operations who need to make AI investment decisions with confidence.
Public Sector Permanent Secretaries & Directors
Senior government officials responsible for digital transformation, AI policy implementation, and public service modernisation in Malta.
Learning outcomes
Walk in with questions your board can't yet answer. Walk out with the answers that define AI-ready leadership.
Assess Your Organisation’s AI Exposure
Understand where AI is already operating in your business, including shadow AI use by staff and identify the governance gaps that create liability.
Understand Board-Level EU AI Act Obligations
Know what the regulation requires of your organisation based on risk classification, and what the consequences of non-compliance look like in practice.
Evaluate AI Investment Decisions
Apply a simple strategic framework to assess whether proposed AI initiatives are justified, properly scoped, and measurably valuable.
Define Governance Ownership
Clarify who on the board and senior team owns AI risk, data governance, and ethical oversight and document it.
Leave with a Prioritised Action Checklist
Walk out with a concrete, board-ready action list covering immediate governance priorities, policy gaps, and next steps tailored to your organisation.
Curriculum modules
Module 1
The AI Landscape: What Your Board Needs to Know
A jargon-free briefing on what AI can do today, what’s hype, and where the real strategic opportunities and risks sit for your sector.
Module 2
The AI Questions Exercise
Work through question as a leadership team. Identify what you can answer confidently, where the gaps are, and what needs immediate attention.
Module 3
EU AI Act: Board Obligations in Plain Language
What the regulation requires, how risk classification works, and what governance structures you need in place.
Module 4
AI Investment & ROI Evaluation
A simple framework for assessing AI proposals: is this the right problem, do we have the data, what’s the measurable value, and what’s the exit cost?
Module 5
Your Action Checklist
Facilitated session to build a prioritised, board-ready action plan covering governance, policy, risk, and strategic next steps.
Prerequisites
No technical background required. This briefing assumes zero AI expertise and is designed for strategic leaders, not technologists.
FAQs
Is this a public course or a private session?
Private only. Each session is delivered exclusively to your board or leadership team, with content tailored to your sector, AI maturity, and risk profile via a pre-session diagnostic.
Is this relevant for organisations that haven’t started with AI yet?
Especially so. If your staff are using AI tools without governance, you already have AI exposure you just don’t have oversight. This session helps you understand what’s happening and what to do about it.
Ready to Brief Your Board on AI?
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