Extract from Ella Sherman’s article, “Compliance Hiring Set Sights on AI Governance Skills in Coming Years.”
Diligent’s Global State of Legal Entity Compliance 2026 report finds that senior compliance professionals will likely seek out AI governance and tech literacy skills from new talent over the next three years.
What You Need to Know
- Diligent vice president of business and projects strategy Tracey Brady said AI governance skills are what participants will be looking for when they evaluate new talent.
- Compliance-focused professionals see artificial intelligence governance and oversight becoming the top skills of their profession within the next three years.
- Growing compliance demands from regulators also require more advanced, connected tools, the report noted, which also poses a challenge to professionals focused on managing risk and compliance.
Compliance-focused professionals see artificial intelligence governance and oversight becoming the top skills of their profession within the next three years, according to AI-powered governance, risk and compliance software provider Diligent’s Global State of Legal Entity Compliance 2026 report released May 29.
The report found that a majority of survey participants, 64% of the 309 company secretaries, general counsel, heads of legal operations and senior in-house counsel surveyed ranked AI governance and oversight as a skill that will be most critical to their roles over the next three years.
