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Who in the C Suite Should Own AI? The Essential Leadership Guide

The Digital Transformation Playbook

Chapters
0:00
The C-Suite Ownership Problem
0:42
What Makes AI Agentic
1:35
Why Ownership Gets Contested
2:32
Decision Rights Over Single Owner
3:19
Controls Needed Before Deployment
4:04
Regional Rules And Expectations
4:47
Does A Chief AI Officer Help
5:23
How To Tell Governance Works
5:57
Closing Takeaways And Next Steps
The Digital Transformation Playbook
Who in the C Suite Should Own AI? The Essential Leadership Guide
Apr 10, 2026
Kieran Gilmurray

Agentic AI is reshaping how enterprises think about ownership in the C suite. As systems move from tools to autonomous actors, the question of control becomes more complex and more urgent.

This episode explores how leadership teams should assign AI decision rights instead of chasing a single owner.

TLDR / At a Glance

• Shift from tools to autonomous agents
 • Ownership spans multiple executive roles
 • Limits of a single AI owner model
 • Decision rights over titles
 • Core controls: access, spend, monitoring
 • Regional regulatory divergence

Clear decision rights, backed by operational controls, are what allow organisations to scale AI while maintaining accountability.

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