Fractional CAIO support in Durham, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. Durham is home to one of the UK's leading universities with a growing tech and life sciences spin-out base, a substantial county council and public sector footprint, and financial services back-office operations stretching from Newton Aycliffe to Aykley Heads.
Durham is a short drive from the Tees Valley home base - on-site days, board attendance and informal site visits can be arranged at very short notice, including half-day slots.
Travel and on-site: 20 to 30 minutes from the Tees Valley base by road. Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~2h45). Combines naturally with Newcastle and Teesside into a single North-East visit.
Long-standing presence in the wider County Durham area as part of North-East engagements. The county's public sector, financial services and university ecosystem overlaps naturally with the North-East industrial and executive network Richard has worked within for three decades.
Businesses deploying AI at scale, navigating EU AI Act obligations, or facing board and investor scrutiny on AI risk - particularly those needing a credible named AI executive without the cost of a permanent hire.
Durham is a short drive from the Tees Valley home base - on-site days, board attendance and informal site visits can be arranged at very short notice, including half-day slots.
Long-standing presence in the wider County Durham area as part of North-East engagements. The county's public sector, financial services and university ecosystem overlaps naturally with the North-East industrial and executive network Richard has worked within for three decades.
Businesses deploying AI at scale, navigating EU AI Act obligations, or facing board and investor scrutiny on AI risk - particularly those needing a credible named AI executive without the cost of a permanent hire.
Most Fractional CAIO engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A board-ready AI governance framework with named executive accountability; EU AI Act readiness across all in-scope high-risk AI use cases; An AI use-case intake, risk-assessment and approval process the board can defend; Credible AI risk reporting aligned to audit committee and investor expectations.
20 to 30 minutes from the Tees Valley base by road. Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~2h45). Combines naturally with Newcastle and Teesside into a single North-East visit.
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