Board-level governance and risk specialist working across regulated and public-interest systems, with particular focus on digital, cyber and AI oversight.
Experience includes executive accountability for large-scale technology functions in environments where formal assurance processes can create a misleading sense of control.
Focus on how boards maintain visibility of emerging risk in complex organisations. Examines how reporting structures, layered controls and compliance frameworks can unintentionally delay action or mask accumulating systemic exposure.
Oversight of cyber security, AI deployment and digital transformation risk in regulated environments. Addresses control limits, operational resilience, and the governance challenges that arise when technology change outpaces institutional decision cycles.
Experience in environments subject to intensive supervision and public scrutiny. Focus on how scale, regulatory pressure and organisational design shape decision timing, accountability and risk appetite at board level.
Engagement focuses on understanding governance and risk challenges within their specific organisational context, rather than providing generic or transferable recommendations.
Full writing record is available via the external profiles below.
Health Service Journal
https://www.hsj.co.uk/vsevolod-shabad/3009249.bioCivil Service World
https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/author/vsevolod-shabadBMJ Leader Blog
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/?s=Vsevolod+ShabadEmail: vshabad@vshabad.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vshabad
University of Liverpool
Open to Non-Executive Director and governance-related discussions.