AI in the Boardroom: How it Changes Discussions, Challenges and Decision-Making

Impact Boards EM is pleased to invite Chairs’ Circle members to an exclusive high-level webinar, AI in the Boardroom: How it Changes Discussions, Challenges and Decision-Making on Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 1pm, with speaker Professor Stanislav Shekshnia – renowned corporate governance expert, INSEAD Professor, and an active chair and board member of both public and private companies

This closed-door session for Chairs’ Circle members only will be highly interactive and will offer a rare opportunity to engage directly with one of the world’s leading authorities on governance and board leadership.

Moderator:

Olga Pascault, Co-Founder and Chair, Impact Boards EM

About the speaker:

Stanislav Shekshnia is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, co-director of Leading from the Chair and Scandinavian Executive Institute Executive Board and Advanced Board development programs. His research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books, including Leading a Board (2nd edition, 2021), CEO School (2018), Athletic CEOs (2018), and more than 50 articles on corporate governance, entrepreneurship, leadership, people management and intercultural management.

Stanislav is a senior partner at WH advisors (Dubai) and provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior executives and executive teams. Since 2001 he has been an independent chair and director at a number of companies in the USA, France, Russia, Ukraine, The Netherlands and Serbia.

In 1991-2002 he held positions of CEO, Alfa-Telecom, President and CEO, Millicom International Cellular, Russia and CIS, Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom, Director of Human Resources, Central and Eastern Europe of Otis Elevator. Stanislav has a Ph.D. and Master's Degree in Economics from Moscow State University, and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston.

View his LinkedIn profile here