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EDGE Advisory · Forum

AI Is Now a Board-Level Responsibility.

An invitation-only programme for those who must lead AI transformation, not simply understand it.

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  • 20 executivesMaximum cohort
  • Three daysPrivate boardroom
  • RiyadhCohort location

Why EDGE

AI Is Not the Challenge. Leadership Is.

01

Executive perspective

How AI changes strategy, governance and competitive position — at the level a board actually decides.

02

Operational framework

How AI enters a real operating model, rather than accumulating as isolated pilots.

03

Regional expertise

Designed around GCC and MENA institutions, regulators and market realities.

The programme

Three Days. One Executive Roadmap.

  1. Day one

    Executive AI landscape

    Where AI creates measurable enterprise value — market, competitive and regulatory context, set against real institutional decisions.

    • Enterprise value map
    • Executive perspective
    • Regulatory posture
  2. Day two

    Enterprise transformation

    Governance, operations, investment priorities and AI operating models — translated into how the enterprise decides and delivers.

    • Governance
    • Operations
    • Investment priorities
    • Operating models
  3. Day three

    Your institution’s roadmap

    Each participant leaves with a board-ready plan for their own organisation: the 90-day sequence, the governance protocol and the investment case.

    • Working session
    • Peer challenge
    • Board-ready output
The output

Board-ready roadmap

Every participant leaves with the 90-day sequence, the governance protocol and the investment case — written for their own institution, not a generic template.

20
Maximum cohort
Three days
Private boardroom
Riyadh
Cohort location
By invitation
Admission

What you leave with

Practical Outputs. Ready for the Boardroom.

01

Executive AI roadmap

A reference framework for executive AI decision-making in your institution.

02

AI ROI framework

Evaluate AI investments against business impact, not vendor claims.

03

AI opportunity diagnostic

Identify the high-value AI use cases specific to your organisation.

04

AI governance protocols

Board-ready risk, compliance and oversight structures.

05

AI strategy templates

Build and communicate an AI strategy your board can approve.

06

AI use-case library

Proven applications across industries and corporate functions.

07

Executive prompt training

Use AI tools effectively at executive level, with judgement intact.

08

90-day implementation plan

A step-by-step sequence to launch from the week you return.

Format

A Private Boardroom.

How the Forum runs

  1. 01

    Invitation only

    Participation is by invitation or accepted request.

  2. 02

    Twenty executives maximum

    Small enough that everyone speaks.

  3. 03

    Three-day intensive

    Consecutive days, full attendance expected.

  4. 04

    Boardroom format

    Discussion and working sessions, not lectures.

  5. 05

    No technical background required

    Built for decision-makers, not practitioners.

  6. 06

    Confidential

    Chatham House rule applies throughout.

Request an invitation

Riyadh Cohort.

Places are limited to twenty. Requests are reviewed against seniority and institutional fit, and we respond to every one.

  • LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • DatesQ4 2026
  • VenueDisclosed with the invitation
  • Participation feeOn request
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