How do digital technologies empower corporate boards and board directors?

Dec 9, 2021

In this episode, Lyndsey talks with Dr. Fabio Oliveira. Dr. Oliveira has more than 14 years as an academic. He teaches management, digital technologies, marketing, digital transformation, and business strategy for MBA and Master students in Business School Sao Paulo, Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado, University of Hertfordshire, University of Ulster, London Metropolitan University, University of Solent and Henley Business School. Dr. Oliveira is a certified instructor of Artificial Intelligence of the Huawei ICT Academy at Henley Business School. He is the author of academic papers and a contributor to book chapters. 

Their conversation of this episode is about Dr. Oliveira’s opinions on the impact of digital transformation to boardroom and board members, based on his research findings.

Conversation Topics with timestamps:

• Fabio’s experience teaching at Huawei ICT Academy at Reading University (6:00)

• The most notable changes in the boardroom (corporate governance mechanism) due to digital technology transformation accelerated by the pandemic? (9:00)

• The top opportunities digital technology brought to corporate board and the board directors? How board directors can embrace these opportunities? (18:00)

• The top challenges for board directors to make the digital transformation? Any good roadmap, or good practice from Fabio’s research interview? (24:00)

• The evolving of board stewardship and management roles in the future – how to draw the line between board and management? (30:00)

• With the influence in boardroom from younger generation investors and board directors who are tech savvy, what kind of further impact from digital technology to board governance? (36:00)