Governing AI-enabled transformation.
Australia ranks at or near the bottom globally for trust in AI, and lowest for interest in learning more about it. Boards are now expected to close that gap by showing how AI is governed, not only how it performs.
Most Australian directors are being asked to oversee a technology their board has no structured way to govern. I help boards build that structure, so AI governance and AI performance can be tested as one system, not treated as separate promises on paper.
of senior governance leaders across Australia named a lack of governance processes for agentic AI decision-making as a top concern.
2026 APAC Governance OutlookThis work is grounded in thirty years of executive and transformation experience across financial services, central banking and market infrastructure. It's also shaped by doctoral research at UNSW into how AI systems behave in human decision-making roles.
- Diligent Institute, in partnership with the Governance Institute of Australia and the Singapore Institute of Directors, APAC Governance Outlook 2026.