When the regulator writes, they write to you.
Nine modules on governing AI from a position of personal accountability — built by the sitting Global COO of an FCA-regulated, publicly listed investment manager, for the directors who carry the risk.
50 founding places · then £995
Your board has an AI policy. Could you evidence it?
Picture the letter. An incident — customer data in an output where it should never have been. The regulator writes, not to management, to the board, and asks you to demonstrate in writing how your AI governance framework has actually operated. Which deployment decisions it changed. Which risks it caught. How many times it said no.
If your first instinct is to ask management for the evidence, you have already found the gap.
Most AI governance frameworks do not constrain decisions. They document them. Policies, committees, approvals — and no evidence that any of it changed what would have happened anyway.
That gap has a name: the accountability gap. And it is answered by you, personally — to regulators, to shareholders, in some cases in court.
There is no AI deadline coming to save you. Your duties are already live.
AI-specific legislation is slipping and narrowing on both sides of the Atlantic. But conduct rules, data protection, discrimination law, operational resilience and the FCA’s technology-agnostic regime bind your board today. BoardClarity teaches you to govern to your live duties — not to a statutory deadline that keeps moving.
This is not an AI literacy course.
Thousands of courses will teach you how AI works. This is not one of them.
It will not
Teach you to write prompts, build a chatbot, or pick a vendor. Module 1 covers the minimum a director needs about the technology — nothing more, by design.
It will not
Sell you the upside. You have management for that — and the moment training sells adoption, it stops being governance.
It will
Teach the one thing nobody else does.
How to govern AI from a position of personal accountability, regulatory obligation and fiduciary duty — in private sector financial services, where you sit.
Nine modules. One spine: it lands on you.
- 01 AI Demystified The minimum a director needs about the technology itself. Nothing more — by design. 15 min
- 02 The Accountability Gap The two most sophisticated AI governance structures ever built, and why both collapsed under commercial pressure. The pattern is portable. It applies to your board. 15 min
- 03 D&O and Personal Liability Your personal exposure when AI fails — and the questions your insurer now asks before writing the cover that is meant to protect you. 15 min
- 04 Shadow AI and Agentic Risk What your board cannot see: the unapproved tools already inside your firm, and what happens when they can act, not just answer. 15 min
- 05 The Four Pillars Accountability, transparency, fairness and oversight — operationalised as governance actions with consequences attached, not ethics philosophy. 15 min
- 06 The Regulatory Landscape Don’t govern to an AI deadline — govern to your live duties. What binds your board now, and what is actually moving. 15 min
- 07 Real-World Failures Named firms, real consequences. What went wrong, who was held accountable, and what the board should have had in place. 15 min
- 08 The Board’s Question Bank The questions to ask in every committee — including the ones proxy advisers have started asking about you. 15 min
- 09 What the Board Commissions The mandate you set. You leave with the instruction you give management at your next board meeting. 15 min
Three ideas you will take into every meeting
“Make humans the premium.”
Human oversight is not a checkbox in a process diagram. It is the valued, critical-thinking layer — or it is nothing.
“Human washing.”
Claiming human oversight while rubber-stamping machine output. Regulators are learning to spot it. So will you.
“Automation bias with a human signature.”
The signature says a human judged the output. If no genuine judgement occurred, the accountability is real — and the oversight was not.
Built for a director’s calendar, not a student’s
- 9 × 15Video modules of roughly fifteen minutes each. One committee-cycle of viewing, not a semester.
- 3Scenario judgements close every module. Governance judgement, not factual recall.
- 100%The pass mark. Because “mostly right” is not a governance standard.
- 1Certificate of completion on finishing all nine modules.
The Board’s Question Bank
The questions that change the quality of oversight, organised by committee — built to leave the screen and enter the boardroom.
The Board’s AI Mandate
A single page that sits on the table when AI is on the agenda — the mandate you set, and the conditions on which trust is given.
For the director — or for the board
For individual directors
- The complete nine-module course, every knowledge check, the certificate
- The Board’s Question Bank and The Board’s AI Mandate
- Founding member standing — your feedback shapes what gets built next
- Twelve months’ access, including every update within that period
When the fiftieth place is taken, the price is £995. No countdown timers. No extensions.
For boards and firms
- The whole board on one licence — 10, 25 or 50 named members
- Board documents individually watermarked per named member
- Enrolment handled for you — no self-service, no shared logins
- Invoice and purchase order, one renewal date for the firm
One director trained is insight. A board trained is governance.
Questions a careful buyer asks
How long does it take?
Nine modules of roughly fifteen minutes each. Most members complete the course across two to three weeks alongside a full diary.
Who is it for?
Non-executive directors, chairs, executive directors and company secretaries of financial services firms — and those preparing for those roles. Investment management is the primary lens; every lesson is written to carry to insurance, banking, pensions and wealth management boards.
Is it technical?
No. Module 1 covers the minimum a director needs about the technology. The course tests governance judgement, not technical recall.
Can I record it for CPD?
The course is structured for CPD recording — roughly three hours of structured learning with assessed knowledge checks. Members record it against their annual CPD commitment with their professional body.
Can my whole board take it?
Yes — that is what the corporate licence is for. Tell us the shape of your board and we will come back within two working days with a single-page proposal your CFO can approve.
How long do I have access?
Twelve months from purchase, including updates to the course within that period.
The letter arrives on a date you don’t get to choose.
The gap can’t be closed in the moment. It can only be closed now — while you can still ask the question calmly.
