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AI in the Boardroom is a newsletter for board directors, executives, and senior advisors who need to understand and govern artificial intelligence responsibly, strategically, and with confidence. As AI transforms industries at pace, leadership teams must ensure they are equipped to manage the ethical, legal, and strategic dimensions of this shift. This publication exists to bridge that gap.

This is not a technical newsletter. It’s written for leaders who clear, board-level guidance on strategy, governance, and transformation with a view to capturing a competitive advantage in the age of AI.

Subscribers gain access to:

✅ Concise board briefings twice a month on AI governance, strategy, and risk
✅ Exclusive practical tools like frameworks, checklists, and cheatsheets
✅ Regulatory intelligence — what EU and UK policy shifts mean for your board
✅ Case studies and governance lessons from real transformations
✅ Invitations to private director events including briefings, masterclasses, and roundtables

If you’re a non-executive director, chair, CEO, senior leader or governance professional who wants to understand not just what AI is, but what it means for your board, AI in the Boardroom is for you.

About the Author

Hi, I’m Karim Harbott, a Chartered Director, Fellow of the British Computer Society, board advisor, and executive educator specialising in strategy, AI governance, and business transformation.

I work with boards, chairs, and senior executives to help them oversee AI responsibly, govern risk effectively, and capture opportunity in the age of disruption. My career spans international board roles high-impact consulting assignments, advising leaders across financial services, government, retail, technology, and government.

I teach strategy and leadership for the Institute of Directors, deliver board and executive programmes on AI, risk, and governance, and regularly brief boards and committees on emerging challenges in AI, digital transformation, and corporate governance.

I’m also the author of the best-selling book The 6 Enablers of Business Agility and co-founder of a global consultancy focused on leadership, governance, and organisational change.

Through AI in the Boardroom, my goal is simple: to equip directors with the insights, frameworks, and confidence to lead responsibly in the age of AI.