How I work

AI risk & governance advisory

Boards are making significant AI commitments without the frameworks to govern what those commitments will actually do to their organisation. The risks are not primarily technical. They are human — the behavioural, cultural and decision-making failures that no algorithm surfaces and no IT team owns.

I provide independent AI governance advisory with a specific focus on risk: identifying where AI adoption creates organisational vulnerability, where governance frameworks have gaps that regulators and litigants will eventually find, and where the assumptions built into an AI strategy are untested against operational reality. This is not theoretical risk management. It draws directly from two decades of front-line work investigating what actually causes high-stakes failures in complex organisations. Engagements include education sessions and hands on problem identification, analysis and solution strategies, through workshops and C-Suite team round tables and advisory during strategic implementation. Projects typically run from 4 - 12 weeks.

I am not affiliated with any AI platform or vendor and this independence allows for objective decision making. My interest is in what is true about your organisation's AI risk exposure, not in selling you a product that addresses it. I have worked across 21 industries in 10 countries.

Keynote speaking

I speak on the human dimensions of AI risk — the behavioural, organisational and governance failures that technical teams don't own and risk frameworks rarely reach. My talks are built upon two decades of front-line investigation into how complex organisations actually fail, combined with actual AI development and current research on how AI adoption is reshaping human cognition, decision-making, accountability and institutional knowledge. The argument is always grounded in operational reality, not trend commentary.

Engagements include the Safety on the Edge Conference in Baltimore, NSW Mineral Conference Australia, Swiss Tech Week, Swiss/Portugal Chamber of Commerce, Institute of Disaster Management, India and the Global Academy of Emergency Medicine (Universities Stamford/Delhi). I speak at board level, to senior leadership teams, and at industry conferences across high-risk sectors including energy, oil and gas, mining, life sciences, banking and infrastructure. Talks are developed specifically for each audience — the content is not a standard deck adapted for the room.

Executive coaching