AI Talent for the Boardroom

by Mark Rogers, CEO of BoardProspects.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is perhaps the biggest topic in today’s corporate world in terms of its implications for innovation, growth, and efficiencies. And although it will be some time before AI disrupts nearly every industry (supposedly for the better according to the pundits), the race for boardroom expertise in this field is in full swing.

Earlier this year, Amazon made headlines when it recruited Andrew Ng, Managing General Partner of AI Fund, to its board of directors. Despite being one of the biggest names in technology, Amazon was late to the game of AI and was chasing Apple, Meta, Google, and Microsoft in the rush to bring AI products to the market. Ng was the Founding Lead of Google’s Google Brain (Deep Learning) Project and is considered one of the foremost AI experts in the world. Amazon still has a ways to go to bridge the AI distance with its competitors, but Ng should help close that distance.Amazon is just one of the many companies this year which has appointed an AI expert to its board of directors. Even companies which don’t feel the need to fill an empty board seat with an AI expert are convening AI advisory boards to help directors understand the opportunities and risks of AI on their business. Such an advisory board can serve as a vital “check and balance” on the existing AI talent among a businesses’ technology resources.

The problem, of course, is that there is a limited field of AI experts available for board service - either in a fiduciary or advisory capacity. Understanding this dilemma, BoardProspects has spent considerable time recruiting AI experts to our community. I am happy to report that there are now hundreds of AI experts among the thousands of board candidates within the BoardProspects community. If you are interested in connecting with this incredibly talented pool of AI experts, please visit BoardProspects.com. Below is just a small example of the hundreds of AI experts you’ll find within the BoardProspects community.

For the full list of candidates, please access the full September 2024 issue here; the feature begins on page 21.