NewAI Essentials for Senior Management

Overview 

Senior leaders are the engine of AI transformation - translating board strategy into operational reality. This programme equips the senior team to identify AI opportunities in their areas, manage AI change effectively, build the business case for investment, and lead with confidence through uncertainty.

Unlike the Board programme, this session goes deeper into organisational implications, change leadership, and making AI happen. 

Agenda

Half Day Structure

  1. AI Essentials for Senior Leaders
  2. Strategic AI Opportunity for Your Organisation
  3. Leading AI Change: Culture, Capability & Communication
  4. AI Governance for Senior Leaders & Wrap-Up

Additional Modules: Full Day

The full-day programme includes all four half-day modules plus the following:

  1. Building the AI Business Case
  2. AI Procurement, Vendors & Third-Party Risk
  3. Building Your AI Roadmap - Working Workshop

Who Can Attend

Designed for the executive leadership layer: Chief Officers (CEO, COO, CFO, CHRO, CDO), Executive Directors, Managing Directors, and those with enterprise-wide leadership accountability. This programme bridges board governance with operational leadership, equipping senior leaders to champion and lead their organisation's AI journey

Summary

Duration

10:00 - 16:00

Price

Available to be delivered In-House. Contact us for a quotation.

Location

Face to face or virtual

In-House Option

This course is available In-House and can be tailored to meet your individual training requirements.

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Lead Trainer

Niresh Rajah

Niresh Rajah

Niresh Rajah is a globally recognised executive leader in Financial Services and Professional Services with over 20+ years of experience at the forefront of Data & Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Regulation, Automation, Innovation and Digital Transformation.

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Niresh Rajah

Niresh Rajah

Niresh is a globally recognised executive leader in Financial Services and Professional Services with over 20+ years of experience at the forefront of Data & Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Regulation, Automation, Innovation and Digital Transformation. He has held senior leadership roles at Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Danske Bank, DLA Piper, and Grant Thornton. As a seasoned Chief Data & AI Officer, he has led complex regulatory, AI and Data transformations at Board level including Brexit changes and GDPR working with regulators across Europe.

Niresh is also a senior advisor at Civil Service College.

He also holds various Non-Executive Director and Board Advisory roles. He is an Associate Fellow and Innovation Expert at Oxford University, and an Honorary Practice Fellow for AI, Data & Digital at Imperial College. He has been recognized in the Global CDO 100 for four consecutive years (2023-2026), Global AI Top 150 – 2026, AI Executive to Watch (2025), and Data Management Professional (2023).

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