Nida Naeem is Director of AI & Data Analytics and an AI Governance Board Member at the UK’s National Audit Office, where she leads the responsible adoption of AI and cloud technology across one of the UK’s most significant public institutions. Over nearly 20 years at the NAO, PwC and Deloitte, she has built AI capabilities from the ground up — including founding Deloitte UK’s national AI practice — and led 100+ person teams advising 250+ major financial services and public sector organisations through digital transformation. Her work sits at the intersection of technology and governance: designing AI frameworks that are not just powerful, but auditable, ethical and trusted. A published thought leader with ACCA (readership across 180+ countries) on digital ethics and public sector change, Nida brings rare, hands-on experience of what it actually takes — in skills, structures and culture — to get organisations agentic-AI ready.