About BoardView AI

BoardView AI helps boards and senior leaders realize value from AI by building the governance foundations that enable it.

What We Do

We help leaders understand what organizational conditions enable AI success, assess whether they’re in place, and address what’s missing.

For boards, we help directors fulfill the oversight responsibilities they already have, adapted for AI. This means building enough fluency to ask the right questions and recognize adequate answers. It means having clear accountability structures in place. And it means working with management to ensure the organizational conditions for success are coming together.

For senior leaders, we help executives build those organizational conditions into practice and demonstrate to boards that they are in place. This includes clarifying strategy and accountability. It means engaging people in the value AI can enable and supporting their readiness to work with it. It also means aligning infrastructure with ambition, integrating AI into enterprise risk management, and giving boards the information they need to oversee AI effectively.

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Monica Kowal

About Monica

Monica Kowal founded BoardView AI to help boards and senior leaders realize value from AI as it becomes more central to how organizations operate and compete. Many organizations are experimenting with AI but are unsure how to build the governance capability required to move forward in a way that delivers results. Monica brings a career spanning the full governance ecosystem to help them find the path forward.

Current Role

Monica is the founder and principal of BoardView AI. She is also an Executive in Residence at the Global Risk Institute for Financial Services, where she contributes to research and education on AI governance and emerging risk. She is currently writing Governing the Algorithm: How Boards Enable AI Success, a practical guide for boards and senior leaders navigating AI governance.

Career Highlights

Global Chief Compliance Officer, TD Bank

Designed and launched Compliance AI oversight program following TD’s acquisition of Layer 6, a world leading AI company, in 2018. Enhanced AI-powered governance, risk, and control capabilities. Championed compliance culture and drove enterprise-wide program modernization across 100,000+ employees. Advanced cross-functional integration of non-financial risk management. Led 600+ risk, compliance, and legal professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia. Delivered board education on emerging risks and evolving governance standards.

Vice Chair and General Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission

Board member and senior executive at Canada’s largest securities regulator, sharing accountability for vision, strategy, and institutional governance. Led OSC’s contribution to creating a national capital markets regulator, forging consensus on governance framework across federal and provincial governments. Member of IOSCO Implementation Task Force, aligning international standards to strengthen global financial stability after the Global Financial Crisis.

Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Advised boards and executives on complex cross-border transactions, M&A, and regulatory matters. Built an international practice through engagements across North America and Europe.

Education

  • MIT Executive Education: AI and Machine Learning for Business Leaders
  • Oxford Saïd Business School: Bank Governance Programme
  • LL.M., University of Tübingen (German Law)
  • LL.B., University of Toronto
  • B.A. Economics, University of Toronto
  • Institute of Corporate Directors, ICD Director Education Program (in progress)