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The board's new mandate: overseeing AI you can't see

Why directors are now personally accountable for the AI running across the business.

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Meera Sundaram
Head of AI Governance · 2026-05-09 · 1 min read
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Regulators increasingly treat AI oversight as a board responsibility, not a technical footnote. Directors are expected to understand where automated decisions are made and what could go wrong.

Oversight without a data science degree

Boards do not need to read model code. They need a reliable operating picture: which decisions are delegated to machines, what the exception log shows, and where accountability sits.

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Meera Sundaram

Head of AI Governance at MS RiskTec. Meera advises boards and CROs across BFSI on model risk, explainability and regulatory readiness for AI-driven lending.

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