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AI in focus: strengthening board and audit committee oversight

Join the EY Center for Board Matters on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. ET for another episode in our webcast series, Better Questions for Boards, designed to provide directors with insights and questions to consider as they engage with management on a variety of complex boardroom issues.

This 60-minute, CPE-eligible webcast will provide perspectives from leading technologists and board directors on emerging AI practices, risks and governance approaches. Leading institutional investors will also share their key priorities for 2026, including expectations for board and audit committee oversight of AI. Agenda topics will include:

  • AI developments shaping 2026: What’s changing fast - and how leaders are adapting growth strategies, scaling and transforming their organizations with AI to drive results and efficiency.
  • Workforce and culture implications: How sectors are preparing people, policies and talent strategies for near-term and long-term AI impact.
  • Risk priorities: Practical approaches to reputational, quality, and liability risks - including red teaming and third party assessments.
  • Strengthening board/committee oversight: Emerging practices for structuring AI oversight, accelerating board learning and clarifying accountability.
  • Investor expectations, decoded: Top-of-mind investor priorities, including what major investors want to see from boards and audit committees on AI oversight - and how they’re using AI in stewardship.

The discussion will be co-moderated by Lee Henderson, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP and Jennifer Lee, Managing Director, Ernst & Young LLP.

Panelists

  • Traci Gusher, EY Americas AI and Data Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Sastry Durvasula, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Information and Digital Officer, TIAA
  • Nora Denzel, Board member at Advanced Micro Devices, Sony Group and Gen Digital
  • Priyanka Singh, Sustainability Analyst, Fidelity Investments
  • John Roe, Global Co-Head, BlackRock Investment Stewardship, BlackRock

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CPE credit: 1.2

Field of Study: Information Technology

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