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AI Steering Committee

Definition

A senior leadership body responsible for setting AI strategic priorities, allocating resources, and monitoring the portfolio of AI investments. The steering committee provides executive sponsorship and escalation paths for significant AI decisions.

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AI Governance Committee

A cross-functional body—typically including legal, compliance, risk, IT, and business leaders—responsible for approving AI initiatives, reviewing ethical risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The committee is the human governance structure that operationalises AI policy.

Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

An executive responsible for defining and executing an organisation's AI strategy, overseeing AI governance, and ensuring AI initiatives deliver measurable business value. The CAIO role is one of the fastest-growing C-suite positions as enterprises formalise AI leadership.

AI Strategy

A comprehensive plan for how an organisation will adopt, develop, and deploy AI to achieve business objectives—encompassing use-case prioritisation, build-vs-buy decisions, data infrastructure, talent, governance, and compliance. An effective AI strategy aligns technology investment with measurable business outcomes.

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