For years, enterprises assumed AI capability and data could sit anywhere. That assumption is breaking down fast. As regulation diverges across the US, EU and UK, and geopolitical alignment increasingly shapes vendor and infrastructure decisions, "sovereign AI" has become one of the most talked-about and most misunderstood concepts in enterprise technology.

Is sovereignty a genuine strategic priority, or a buzzword standing in for risk, control and resilience? Where does data control actually serve the business and where is it just cost? And when a small number of vendors control the models everyone depends on, is that a commercial risk or a geopolitical one?

Join the Sovereign by Design: Navigating the New Geography of AI Compute webinar, as we bring together leaders from retail, fintech and IT to cut through the noise and get practical about what sovereign AI really means for your organisation.

What you'll learn:

• What "sovereign AI" means in practice; controlling your data, your models, or your vendors, and whether full control across all three is realistic
• How to build risk controls that hold up across conflicting regulatory mandates in the US, EU and UK
• Where organisations consistently overestimate how "sovereign" they can become, and what that overreach costs
• How to keep AI deployment flexible and jurisdiction-agnostic while still scaling the use cases that matter
• Where to invest first: data control, proprietary models, governance, or talent

Panellists:

• Francisco Borja Escalona Arquero, Former Chief Data and AI Officer (Director de Datos e Inteligencia Artificial), Carrefour España
  
  
• Rajen Madan, Mentor at Rise, created by Barclays - the Home of FinTech, Mentor at Rise, created by Barclays - the Home of FinTech Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates
  
  
• Mo Bofu, Founder, Mberi | AI Transformation Advisory | British Computer Society Digital & AI Committee Member
  

  Mo Bofu is the Founder of Mberi, an AI transformation advisory focused on helping organisations unlock AI value and turn ambition into changed work with visible results. She has 15 years’ experience in enterprise transformation, working with senior leaders across strategy, technology, operating models and execution.