The New Leadership and Governance Framework for the Agentic AI Era

About This Report

Managing Agents: The New Leadership and Governance Framework for the Agentic AI Era explores how organisations can responsibly manage increasingly autonomous AI agents and establish the leadership, governance and operational frameworks needed to make agentic AI effective in regulated environments.

As AI moves from a tool that professionals use to technology that can increasingly plan, make decisions and carry out work on their behalf, organisations face a new set of challenges. Traditional approaches to automation and technology governance are not necessarily designed for systems that can operate with greater autonomy.

This whitepaper examines what it means to manage AI agents rather than simply deploy them, exploring the principles organisations need to direct, constrain, observe, challenge, verify and continuously improve agent behaviour.

The report introduces a practical Agent Management Framework, focusing on the responsibilities, controls and feedback mechanisms required to ensure agents remain aligned with organisational objectives, regulatory requirements and operational standards.

Rather than presenting agentic AI as a replacement for human oversight, the report considers how organisations can establish the right balance between autonomy, accountability and control. It provides leaders with a framework for thinking about how agents should be governed as they become increasingly embedded in critical business processes.

Who Should Read This Report

This whitepaper is designed for executive, technology, risk and operational leaders responsible for deploying, governing or overseeing AI within financial institutions and other regulated organisations, including:

• Chief Technology Officers and Technology Leaders responsible for AI strategy, architecture and technology governance.
• Chief Operating Officers and Operations Leaders evaluating how agentic AI can transform operational processes while maintaining control.
• AI and Digital Transformation Leaders responsible for moving AI initiatives from experimentation into production.
• Risk and Compliance Leaders focused on ensuring autonomous systems operate within defined controls and regulatory requirements.
• Data and Architecture Leaders responsible for the infrastructure, information and systems that AI agents depend upon.
• Tax and Tax Operations Leaders exploring how agentic AI can support complex compliance and reporting processes.
• Information Security and Governance Leaders responsible for managing the risks associated with increasingly autonomous technology.
• Executive Leadership Teams considering the organisational implications of AI that can increasingly perform work independently.

Ultimately, this whitepaper is for leaders asking a fundamental question: If AI agents are increasingly capable of doing work on our behalf, how do we ensure they remain controlled, accountable and aligned with what the organisation needs them to do?

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