AI Corporate Governance Program
The AI Corporate Governance Program (AICGP) at the UTS Human Technology Institute helps boards, executives, and practitioners better understand and implement effective AI governance through research, advice, and training to operationalise AI.
Our work draws directly on the experience of Australian organisations and the people who develop, use, and are affected by AI. We translate our research into pratical reports, frameworks and guidance for organisations to learn from, adapt, and apply within their own organisations.
Our team is advancing AI governance through three primary work programs:
- Thought-leadership: Independent research and practical guidance for boards, executives and practitioners.
- Advisory: Tailored advice to help organisations to build, review and uplift their AI governance frameworks and initiatives.
- Training: Custom skills programs for boards and senior executives to build capability and shape better practice.
AICGP is supported by HTI's philanthropic partner Minderoo Foundation, and project advisory partners Gilbert + Tobin and Atlassian. We partner with leading organisation, such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Actuaries Institute, to develop practical guidance on AI governance and risk management
Independent research and practical guidance for boards, executives, and practitioners.
AICGP produces independant research and practical guidance on AI governance, risk management, and board oversight, with the goal of raising awareness and improving practice across public, private, and not-for-profit organisations. We focus particularly on financial services and not-for-profits, which sit at opposite ends of the AI governance maturity spectrum. Our insights draw on large-scale surveys of Australian directors, executives, and practitioners, workshops with leading organisations, and desktop research.
Our thought leadership takes four forms:
- Long-form reports: major publications that advise and educate the market on key AI governance issues.
- AI Governance Snapshot Series: short, issue-specific briefings on new developments in AI governance.
- Lighthouse case studies: short,accessible accounts of how leading organisations across sectors approach AI governance.
- Co-authored publications: co-branded reports developed with partners such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Actuaries Institute.
Resources
Long-form reports
- AI ROI: A practical framework for assessing the return on AI investments
- Awareness to Action: Advancing AI Corporate Governance
- From Invisible to Involved: A Guide to Worker Engagement on AI, June 2025
- Disconnected AI : the unmet expectations of consumers and workers – Insight Summary, March 2025
- Invisible Bystanders: Workers’ experience of AI and automation, May 2024
- Insight Summary: The State of AI Governance in Australia, November 2023
- The State of AI Governance in Australia, May 2023
AI Governance Snapshot Series
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Governance snapshot #6 – AI Governance Operating Model
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Governance snapshot #5 – Designing AI Governance Structures
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Governance snapshot #4 – People, Skills and Culture for Effective AI Governance
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Governance snapshot #3 – Global AI Regulatory Trends: Lessons for Directors
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Governance snapshot #2 – Impacted Communities and Missing Voices
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Governance snapshot #1 – Essential Components of AI Governance
Lighthouse Case Study Series
- Atlassian (2026)
- Canteen (2026)
- Telstra (2026)
- Telstra (2024)
- KPMG Australia (2024)
- University of Technology Sydney (2024)
Co-authored publications
- A Director's Guide to AI Governance, Version 2 (AICD x HTI), June 2026
- AI Risk Management in the Financial Services Sector (Actuaries Institute x HTI), September 2026
- A Director's Guide to AI Governance, Version 1 (AICD x HTI), 2024
Training
Engagement and training that build capability and shape better practice.
AICGP strengthens the wider AI governance ecosystem through education, engagement and collaboration. We bring together leaders from industry, government, academia and civil society to share insights, tackle emerging challenges, and advance better governance practice.
Our capability-building activities include:
- Executive, board, and practitioner training programs
- Industry roundtables, workshops, and leadership forums
- Annual HTI Symposia, convening senior leaders from across sectors
- Conference presentations and keynotes
- Freely available educational resources for AI governance practitioners and leaders
We also contribute to standards development, regulatory and policy processes, and multi-stakeholder forums. This helps turn emerging practice into practical guidance and supports trustworthy, accountable, and human-centred AI across the Australian economy.
AI Corporate Governance Team
Professor Nicholas Davis, Co-Director
Nicholas is Co-Director of HTI and Industry Professor of Emerging Technology at UTS. His expertise spans technology governance, innovation policy, strategic foresight, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. He previously led Society and Innovation at the World Economic Forum and is co-author of Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Llewellyn Spink, AI Corporate Governance Lead
Llewellyn leads HTI's AI Corporate Governance Program (AICGP), producing research and practical guidance for directors and executives on responsible AI. He is co-author of A Director's Guide to AI Governance (2026) and previously held senior legal roles at the Australian Human Rights Commission and Disability Royal Commission.
Myfanwy Wallwork, Head, AI Governance Learning and Development
Myfanwy leads HTI's AI governance education and training work. She helped develop the Australian Government's Voluntary AI Safety Standard and has delivered AI governance training across the public and private sectors. Previously, she was Vice President of Regulatory Compliance Global at LexisNexis.
Meredith Caldwell, Fellow
Meredith leads HTI's Not-for-Profit AI Corporate Governance Program. She specialises in co-design, innovation, and strategic planning, with experience across charities, government, retail, and technology sectors. Her background includes leadership in innovation consulting and teaching innovation and systems thinking.
Jack Goldsmith, AI Corporate Governance Specialist
Jack works with financial institutions, technology companies, regulators, and policymakers to advance responsible AI governance and security. His work focuses on AI governance, cyber security, and emerging regulation. He is widely published in the field of AI and cyber security, and serves on IT-043, Australia's national AI standards committee.
