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.
20
Maximum cohort
Three days
Private boardroom
Riyadh
Cohort location
By invitation
Admission
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.
- 01
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 - 02
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 - 03
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
A 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.
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.
How the Forum Runs
A Private Boardroom.
- 01
Invitation only
Participation is by invitation or accepted request.
- 02
Twenty executives maximum
Small enough that everyone speaks.
- 03
Three-day intensive
Consecutive days, full attendance expected.
- 04
Boardroom format
Discussion and working sessions, not lectures.
- 05
No technical background required
Built for decision-makers, not practitioners.
- 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.
- Location
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Dates
- Q4 2026
- Venue
- Disclosed with the invitation
- Participation fee
- On request
Not Ready to Request a Place?
A short call with the programme team is the fastest way to judge whether the Forum fits your institution this year.