In this episode, the host’s guest is Yusuf Azizullah, a board governance expert and advisor who works with companies and directors around the world on the fast-moving landscape of AI oversight and organizational risk. The conversation explores the growing responsibilities of boards as artificial intelligence transforms every sector, from finance and healthcare to mining and entertainment, and how leaders can strike the right balance between innovation and compliance.

Yusuf outlines the key pressures facing directors today: reputational risk, litigation exposure, ethical AI use, and the need for clear oversight of data, vendors, and autonomous systems. They emphasize the importance of AI literacy at the board level, the role of AI ethics officers, and how even smaller companies need to think critically about transparency and bias mitigation. Drawing on real-world examples from Royal Bank of Canada, Deep Genomics, and Aramco, the conversation illustrates how emerging technologies are reshaping strategy, governance, and even merger and acquisition valuations. This episode challenges boards and executives to stop lagging and start leading—and to understand that AI oversight is no longer optional.

About the Guest:
Yusuf Azizullah is a global advisor on board governance, artificial intelligence, and risk oversight. His work includes direct consulting with public companies and nonprofit organizations, and the development of over 120 training programs focused on board responsibilities, AI governance, ESG, and cybersecurity. They are the founder of Global Board Advisors and BoardroomEducation.com, offering on-demand governance education for directors and executives around the world.

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Podcast Production:

Recording: PushySix Studios