Can your CIO take responsibility for enterprise AI, or does the organisation need a different leadership model? Assess the CIO’s capability, authority, capacity and the team around them before creating another executive role.

Where AI sits should follow the problem you are trying to solve, not the title you think you need. This decision framework compares CAIO, CDO/CDAO, CIO, CTO and federated models across maturity, decision rights, reporting lines, regulation and board oversight.