{"id":201427,"date":"2026-04-01T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/in-the-age-of-ai-why-do-australian-company-boards-have-so-few-technology-experts\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:20:17","slug":"in-the-age-of-ai-why-do-australian-company-boards-have-so-few-technology-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/in-the-age-of-ai-why-do-australian-company-boards-have-so-few-technology-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"In the age of AI, why do Australian company boards have so few technology experts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/in-the-age-of-ai-why-do-australian-company-boards-have-so-few-technology-experts-279752\">In the age of AI, why do Australian company boards have so few technology experts?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/in-the-age-of-ai-why-do-australian-company-boards-have-so-few-technology-experts-279752\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/in-the-age-of-ai-why-do-australian-company-boards-have-so-few-technology-experts-279752<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-01 23:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Influence on Global Economy<\/strong>: Artificial intelligence is deeply influencing almost every industry, changing business models and investment strategies worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Board Member Expertise Gap<\/strong>: Despite the transformation, most large Australian firms lack sufficient boards members with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) expertise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Lack of Technological Expertise<\/strong>: Over the past 15 years, only a minor increase in directors with STEM backgrounds has been observed among Australia&#8217;s largest 500 listed companies, rising from 8% to 13% &#8211; highlighting a persistent underrepresentation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Importance of STEM Expertise<\/strong>: Companies with more STEM expertise on their boards generally invest more in innovation and are valued more highly by investors, according to the research.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Broader Innovation Issues<\/strong>: Australia&#8217;s broader innovation system is falling behind, as demonstrated by a recent federal government report that concluded critical reform was needed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Cybersecurity Risks<\/strong>: Firms without adequate STEM knowledge are more vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches, a growing threat that demands robust board-level oversight.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Call for Action<\/strong>: To keep up with technological advancements and reduce cyber risks, Australian companies should increase STEM expertise among their boards to benefit innovation and cybersecurity comprehensively.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the age of AI, why do Australian company boards have so few technology experts?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/727772\/original\/file-20260402-71-simxeo.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C502%2C5700%2C2850&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-201427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201429,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201427\/revisions\/201429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}