Energy Digital Magazine October 2024 | Page 117

SUSTAINABILITY

“ WHEN WE INVENTED THE WHEEL IT WAS GENERALLY A GOOD TECHNOLOGY , BUT IT ALSO RAN OVER PEOPLE ’ S TOES ”

“ It is a perfect fit for me because I ’ m all about transforming our clients and as well as my passion about KPMG . “ We knew that AI was going to be transformational for us – it has shone a light on all the things that we want to do as a practice as KPMG .”
David ’ s role is multidisciplinary across the audit , tax and advisory sides of the business around the globe .
“ We ’ re trying to look at everything that we need to be and everything that our clients need to be at the same time ,”
David Rowlands Global Head of AI ,
KPMG DAVID ROWLANDS GLOBAL HEAD OF AI , KPMG
he says . “ This is the topic that our clients have been most interested in on our own journey that I ’ ve experienced .”
KPMG describes itself as client zero – it is its own first client , which has the advantage of allowing a really granular development , at speed .
“ We ’ re creating a team of people who are driving forward AI around the world .”
Regulating AI As the technology emerges , so follows the regulation – slowly , in comparison to AI ’ s swift emergence .
“ The pace of change is ahead of regulation ,” David says . “ Organisations are having to fill that gap with good corporate governance themselves , but investors are challenging that which is one of the reasons why boards are interested in how they ’ re going to oversee AI in their organisations , as found in the report .” energydigital . com 117