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Where signals, risks and decisions reach the board
Governance advice for boards and executive teams on AI accountability and governance risk.
Dr Mimi Ajibadé PhD FCG

Mimi Ajibadé PhD FCG
Principal & Founder
Twenty-five years in governance, from FTSE boardrooms to development finance. Former Chatham House non-executive director.
Grounded in more than 25 years of FTSE, multinational and policy experience, the firm is led by a Chartered Governance Professional (FCG) with a PhD in Corporate Law and Governance.
Cogent Governance helps boards and organisations navigate legal, regulatory and market complexity with clarity and structure, including governance risk and board effectiveness.
Today, that experience extends to AI accountability.
Languages: Spoken Mandarin and written Chinese, Yoruba and Hausa.
From
Organic AI Use
to Governed AI
1 / Organic AI Use
AI enters through routes the organisation did not design.
2 / AI Adoption
The organisation recognises its use and begins to organise a response.
3 / Governed AI
AI operates within recognised, functioning governance arrangements.
4/ AI Implementation
AI is deliberately designed, deployed or scaled as organisational change.
These conditions often coexist within one organisation. They are not a maturity ladder.