AI strategy and governance for banking and regulated enterprises
Move AI initiatives from experimentation to governed execution without slowing the business.
Global AI Advisors helps banks, financial institutions, and other regulated organizations establish clear AI priorities, strengthen governance, and move high-value initiatives into responsible business execution.
Led by a former Fortune 500 banking AI product leader who helped deliver eight-figure business value and establish enterprise AI governance.
The Challenge
AI investment is accelerating. Executive accountability is increasing with it.
Organizations are investing in AI faster than their operating models, governance structures, and leadership teams can adapt. Executives are being asked to make decisions about vendors, workforce impact, risk, ownership, and return on investment, often without a shared framework for evaluating what should move forward.
Who We Help
The leaders we work with
We support executive teams and functional leaders responsible for making AI decisions in environments where risk, regulation, cost, governance, and operational impact matter.
- Boards, CEOs, and senior executive teams setting AI direction
- CFOs and finance leaders evaluating AI's impact on cost, risk, and ROI
- COOs and business leaders responsible for AI execution in complex operations
- Risk, legal, and compliance leaders navigating AI governance and oversight
- HR, L&D, and talent leaders building AI fluency and leadership capability
How We Help
Three questions every leadership team must answer
Where should AI create measurable business value? What governance needs to be in place before it scales? And how do leaders build the capability to guide adoption with discipline?
AI Strategy
Build an AI strategy leadership can act on
Identify where AI can create measurable business value, prioritize the right initiatives, and build an executable roadmap aligned with enterprise goals, operating realities, and risk constraints.
- Executive AI Strategy Briefing
- AI Opportunity Assessment and Roadmap
- AI Vendor Evaluation and Selection
- AI Project Rescue
- Fractional or Interim AI Executive Advisory
AI Governance
Establish governance without paralyzing innovation
Establish the decision structures, policies, ownership, and oversight needed to manage AI risk without creating unnecessary friction for the business.
- AI Governance Assessment
- Enterprise AI Governance Playbook
- Governance Operating Model Design
- AI Risk and Use-Case Review
- Executive and Board Governance Advisory
AI Leadership Enablement
Prepare leaders for the operating impact of AI
Equip executives and functional leaders to make informed AI decisions, lead organizational change, and manage the workforce, operating, and accountability implications of AI adoption.
- Executive Leadership Briefings
- Board and Senior Leadership Workshops
- Responsible AI Leadership Programs
- Functional Leader Enablement
- Custom Enterprise AI Education
For Finance Leaders
AI decisions are becoming financial and operating decisions
For CFOs, AI is no longer only a technology investment. It affects cost structure, productivity, vendor commitments, workforce planning, risk exposure, and capital allocation.
- Evaluating AI investments and expected return
- Prioritizing use cases with measurable business value
- Reviewing vendor costs and enterprise commitments
- Understanding productivity and workforce implications
- Establishing accountability for AI outcomes
- Preventing fragmented or duplicative AI spending
CFO AI Roundtables
Private peer conversations on enterprise AI decisions
Global AI Advisors is a sponsoring advisor to the CFO AI Roundtable series, small and confidential sessions where CFOs and senior finance leaders compare notes on AI investment, governance, and adoption. Limited to a small group per session. No presentations. No product demos. No sales pitch.
Why Global AI Advisors
Independent advisory, grounded in real implementation
Independent, practical guidance grounded in direct AI implementation experience in banking and highly regulated environments.
Independent
Tool-agnostic advisory, not vendor-aligned.
Practical
Grounded in real regulated-environment implementation.
Executive-Focused
Designed for defensible, board-ready decisions.
Client Results
Proven outcomes in banking and regulated environments
Enterprise AI Governance
Stood up a Fortune 500 bank's first enterprise AI governance framework and committee, safely moved a large AI solution into production, and created a reusable governance model.
View Case StudyAI-Driven Business Impact
Led deployment of an AI-driven customer outreach solution for a Fortune 500 bank's auto-loan business, helping avoid losses in the low-eight-figure range.
View Case StudyBanking AI Strategy
Defined a reusable AI strategy model for a Fortune 500 bank, replacing brittle IVR rules with intelligent AI decisioning and creating a roadmap for continuous improvement.
View Case Study
Speaking on AI and the future of banking and finance.
About the Founder
Sarah Cornett
Sarah Cornett is the Founder and CEO of Global AI Advisors and a former Fortune 500 banking AI product leader. She brings more than a decade of experience across data, financial services, enterprise technology, and AI implementation.
In banking, she helped lead enterprise AI initiatives that supported eight-figure business value and contributed to the establishment of formal AI governance. Today, she advises executive teams on AI strategy, governance, operating models, and responsible enterprise adoption.
Master's degree in economics. Advises executives, boards, and regulated organizations on practical AI strategy, governance design, and leadership decision-making.
Industries
Built for banks and regulated financial institutions
Our deepest experience is in banking and financial services, with an approach designed for organizations operating under significant regulatory, risk, and accountability requirements. The same principles apply across adjacent regulated markets.
Trusted by Leaders
Built for executives making consequential AI decisions
"Sarah brought hands-on expertise and a pragmatic, human-centric view of AI-led transformation to our Future of Work Expo. She shifted the conversation from hype to responsible execution."
Jon
Chair, Future of Work Expo
"Sarah's AI insights and clarity made our August 2025 event genuinely engaging and impactful. Feedback from our audience was overwhelmingly positive."
Hassan
Director, African Think Tank
"Sarah delivered a clear, practical overview of AI and HubSpot's AI tools that our team could immediately understand and apply. The session was well-researched, engaging, and easy to follow."
Maxime
Director, HubSpot
"Sarah helped our team understand how AI can actually work in our business. She answered every question clearly and left us confident about using AI more going forward."
Jermeale
CEO, Just Your Broker, Inc.
Next Step
Start with an Executive AI Strategy and Governance Discussion
A focused discussion to assess where your AI efforts stand today, what governance gaps need attention, and what your leadership team needs to move forward. We will identify the most important issues requiring leadership attention and determine whether a briefing, assessment, roadmap, or advisory engagement is the right next step.
Confidential
Initial discussions are private and carry no commitment.
Response within 24 hours
A senior advisor will review your inquiry and respond directly.
Tailored to your environment
We bring specific experience in banking, financial services, and regulated industries.