The offering

From noise
to direction.

The AI Strategy & Governance Scan is the sole offering of Praesum.ai. Not because we lack other capabilities — but because this is the only thing an executive board truly needs to anchor AI at governance level. Four weeks. With deliverables that are ready to use the day they are delivered.

4 Weeks
7 Deliverables
C-level Board-ready

The Scan is designed
for executive boards that steer,
not react.

Praesum works exclusively at executive and board level. Not because we undervalue technical expertise — but because AI governance begins with the people who bear accountability for strategy, risk and capital.

CEO & Managing Director

You want to embed AI in your business model — not as an experiment, but as part of how your organisation creates value.

CFO & Finance Director

You want to know which AI investments deliver returns and which destroy capital — with a framework to measure and course-correct.

Executive Board

You carry board-level liability for AI risks and want a governance position you can account for to regulators and shareholders.

PE-backed executive team

You face a growth trajectory in which AI governance directly influences valuation, due diligence and exit readiness.

Public sector leadership teams

You operate in an environment where accountability is central — and where AI governance is increasingly part of that narrative.

Business units under transformation pressure

You have AI initiatives, but no central direction. You want to stop fragmentation and start scaling in a governable way.

Familiar
board-level situations.

You have AI initiatives under way, but no central course or prioritisation at board level.

You feel pressure from the supervisory board, regulators or shareholders to make AI governance demonstrable.

You want to move faster with AI — but find that governance ambiguity is slowing you down rather than simply being absent.

An acquisition, merger or capital round is approaching in which AI positioning and governance are due diligence factors.

Your sector is confronted with new AI regulation (EU AI Act, sector-specific guidelines) and you want to be proactively compliant, not reactively so.

You have presented a new AI strategy — but lack the governance framework to realise and account for it.

Four weeks.
One boardroom foundation.

Each of the four weeks builds on the last. Each ends with a concrete deliverable or decision point. No interim reports that nobody reads. Only what counts at board level.

01
Week one

Executive intake

We do not begin with a questionnaire. We begin with a conversation. In-depth interviews with the CEO, CFO, and two or three key members of the executive board. We analyse ambitions, ongoing initiatives, current decision-making around AI and what has been tried before — and why it stalled.

What we examine
Strategic ambition versus AI reality Inventory of all AI initiatives (including the hidden ones) Current governance — formal and informal Risk perception at board level
Deliverable end of week AI Position Paper — your actual AI maturity, not the aspirational version.
02
Week two

Strategic and governance assessment

We assess your AI portfolio against three axes: strategic relevance, governance readiness and regulatory compliance. Every current and planned AI application is evaluated on where it creates value, where it amplifies risk and which governance frameworks are absent.

What we assess
Use cases on strategic fit and execution risk Operating model and ownership per initiative Alignment with the EU AI Act and sector-specific regulation Ethical boundaries and human oversight
Deliverable end of week Risk & Opportunity Matrix + Governance Gap Report
03
Week three

Prioritisation and selection

The hardest board-level decision in AI is not where to start — it is what to stop. In week three we make that choice together with the executive board. Three to five initiatives are selected on strategic relevance, demonstrable feasibility and board mandate. The rest is explicitly stopped or placed on hold — with supporting rationale.

What we select
Strategic Value Scoring per initiative Portfolio decision: proceed, stop, park Business case per selected initiative Accountability and mandate per project
Deliverable end of week AI Portfolio Decision + Business Cases (3–5)
04
Week four

Board Blueprint

Week four is not a conclusion — it is an opening. We deliver the complete package: compact, immediately usable and presentable to the executive board, the supervisory board and external stakeholders. The presentation of the Blueprint to the full board is part of our engagement.

What is delivered
Strategic AI roadmap (12 months) Tailored governance framework Risk register with control points Decision-making framework for AI investments Board narrative for internal and external use 90-day action agenda per initiative Quarterly Board Memo (template + first version)
Final delivery The complete Board Blueprint — presented to your executive board.

Seven deliverables.
All immediately usable.

Every document we deliver is made to be used — not to disappear into a drawer. They are written for the boardroom, for regulators and for shareholders. Not for consultants.

Praesum presents the Blueprint in person to your executive board. That is part of every engagement — not an additional service.

01
AI Position Paper Diagnosis of your actual AI maturity. Not reassuring — accurate. Includes maturity score, gap analysis and initial priorities.
02
Risk & Opportunity Matrix Visual overview of where AI creates value and where risk accumulates — per initiative and per business domain.
03
Governance Framework The operating model for AI in your organisation. Roles, mandates, assessment criteria and accountability structure — complete and layered.
04
AI Portfolio Decision Formal board decision on which initiatives will proceed, which will be stopped and with what mandate. With business cases per selected project.
05
Strategic AI Roadmap 12-month horizon per initiative. Milestones, dependencies, go/no-go moments and linkage to strategic KPIs.
06
Board Narrative The story your executive board can tell internally and externally. About your AI ambition, your governance and your accountability. Ready for the AGM, regulator or media.
07
90-Day Action Agenda + Quarterly Memo From decision to movement. Concrete first steps per initiative, plus a reusable template for the quarterly report to the supervisory board.

Ready to start?

Book an
AI Strategy Scan.

Four weeks. Seven deliverables. One boardroom foundation.