AI Steering Committee Charter

Organisation name

Q1. Who will chair the committee?

CEO Sets ultimate strategic direction

COO Operational accountability across the business

CTO / CIO Technical architecture and risk

CDO / Chief Data Officer Data governance and AI strategy

CFO Budget authority and financial risk

Dedicated AI Lead Programme management and coordination

Other

Q2. Who sits on the committee?

Select all that apply

Q3. What is your fast-track pilot threshold?

Projects below this level can be approved by the technical lead without a committee meeting

Under £5k / up to 2 days of resource

£5k–£20k / up to 2 weeks of resource

£20k–£50k / up to 1 month of resource

We'll define this later

Q4. What can the committee decide without escalation?

Select all that apply

Pilot project approval

Tool and vendor selection

Project cancellation

Resource allocation within AI budget

Timeline adjustments on active projects

Other

Q5. What always escalates to broader leadership?

Select all that apply

Spend above the agreed threshold

Regulatory or compliance risk

Cross-department resource reallocation

Public-facing AI deployment

Data sharing with third parties

Other

Q6. What triggers an emergency meeting?

Select all that apply

Data breach or security incident

Regulatory or legal challenge

Pilot causes harm or reputational risk

Critical vendor relationship fails

Significant unplanned AI spend

Other

AI Steering Committee Charter

Q1. Who will chair the committee?

Q2. Who sits on the committee?

Q3. What is your fast-track pilot threshold?

Q4. What can the committee decide without escalation?

Q5. What always escalates to broader leadership?

Q6. What triggers an emergency meeting?

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