Session: AI Governance and Strategy: Where to start & How to make it work
As AI adoption accelerates across industries, organisations face growing pressure to implement effective governance and strategic oversight. This session offers a practical roadmap for initiating AI governance, aligning it with business objectives, and embedding it into current data and risk governance frameworks. It aims to explore key principles, common pitfalls, and proven approaches to ensure responsible, scalable, and value-driven AI deployment. Whether the organisations are just starting or refining their strategy, this talk will equip them with actionable insights to make AI governance work in practice.
Bio
Merve Ugurlu is a Senior Manager at Protiviti UK, with over 10 years of experience in data protection, privacy compliance and governance. She advises clients across regulated sectors on implementing effective data and AI governance frameworks. Merve holds degrees in Applied Mathematics and Information Technology Law and is certified in CIPP/E, CIPM, and ISO 27001 auditing.