CXOs and board members
Understand governance responsibilities and the questions to ask about AI and data decisions.
Audience
Who should attend?
The programme is designed for managers, directors and CXOs who must make or oversee decisions about AI and data. Risk, compliance, legal, data and product leaders can attend alongside them. No technical background is needed.
Managers and function heads
Connect governance principles to decisions and ownership within your function.
Risk, compliance and legal
Work through how frameworks and data-protection responsibilities map to governance practice.
Data, AI and product leaders
Bring governance into system delivery, data practices and product decisions.
Learning outcomes
What participants will work toward
By the end of the programme, participants will have worked through ways to:
- Design an AI governance structure with decision authority, roles and escalation.
- Assess AI risk and impact, then consider treatment choices.
- Understand ISO/IEC 42001 requirements and prepare for a certification programme.
- Design a data governance operating model with ownership and decision rights.
Curriculum
Four modules, one running case
Each module builds on the previous one. Participants apply the ideas to the same fictional organisation and bring the work together in a capstone governance plan.
Foundations
Establish a shared language for AI and data governance, why the disciplines connect and who owns which decisions.
AI governance
- Governance structure, decision authority, RACI and escalation.
- AI inventory, shadow AI and risk classification.
- AI risk and impact assessment and treatment choices.
- ISO/IEC 42001 clauses 4–10, Annex A controls, Statement of Applicability, internal audit and certification path.
- How the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF relate to ISO/IEC 42001.
- Governance KPIs, calendar and board-level oversight.
Data governance
- Operating model, data ownership, stewardship and decision rights.
- Policies, standards, catalogue, metadata, quality and master data.
- Data lifecycle, retention, lineage, classification, privacy and security.
- Data provenance, permitted use and training-data controls for AI.
- Maturity assessment and a roadmap to take forward.
Capstone
Bring AI and data governance together in a plan for the running case, using the templates completed during the programme.
Working templates participants keep
Participants complete fillable templates for module assignments and the capstone, including terms of reference, a RACI matrix, a governance scorecard and a roadmap checklist.
Delivery details
Duration, format and price
DurationEnquire for the programme duration and schedule; these are agreed with your organisation.
FormatDelivered for your organisation and tailored to your sector, AI and data landscape, and regulatory context. Format and schedule are agreed with you.
PriceEnquire for a proposal. No price is listed here.
Instructor
Taught by a practising auditor
Sachin Kumar, Founder of Gnaan AI
Sachin Kumar is a PECB ISO/IEC 42001 Senior Lead Auditor with 21+ years across AI governance, data engineering and technology delivery, and a graduate of the ISB Chief Digital & AI Officer programme. The sessions draw on real audits and engagements.
Questions & Answers
Training FAQs
Who is the AI & Data Governance programme for?
Managers, directors and CXOs who must make or oversee decisions about AI and data, plus the risk, compliance, legal, data and product leaders who work with them. No technical background is needed.
Does the programme cover ISO/IEC 42001?
Yes. ISO/IEC 42001 is covered end to end: what the standard requires, the AI management system, Annex A controls, internal audit and the path to certification. It is taught alongside the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF so you see how the frameworks fit together.
Is there an exam?
No. Sessions are informative rather than scored, with no right or wrong answers. You complete fillable templates for each module and the capstone, and keep them as working documents for your own organisation.
What is the running case study?
One fictional organisation runs through the whole programme. Each module applies its ideas to the same case, and the capstone assembles everything into a governance plan for it. It keeps theory concrete.
Can the programme be tailored to our company?
Yes. We tailor examples, depth and emphasis to your sector, your AI and data landscape and your regulatory context, so the sessions reflect your real decisions.
Can the training lead to certification?
The programme builds the understanding and working documents an ISO 42001 certification needs. If you decide to pursue certification, Gnaan AI can support certification readiness; an accredited certification body conducts the independent audit and issues any certificate.