Oliver Patel

Head of Enterprise AI Governance AstraZeneca

AI governance leader with a decade of experience at the intersection of responsible AI, data privacy and digital technology policy. Lead the Global Enterprise AI Governance team at AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company with over 80,000 employees and a deep AI ecosystem. Passionate advocate for the safe, trustworthy and responsible development and use of AI. Translator between the technical and non-technical worlds. Leader, educator and public speaker, with experience working in academia and research at University College London, in public policy and digital diplomacy for the UK Government, and as a media commentator and political analyst on outlets like BBC, Sky News and CNN.

Main Conference Day One - November 4, 2026

1:30 PM Mini Workshop: Operationalising AI Governance: Designing Guardrails for Agentic Systems at Scale in High-Risk Industries

As organisations move from experimentation to deploying agentic AI in live environments, governance is becoming a critical constraint, particularly in highly regulated industries. While some principles are well defined, many teams are struggling to translate them into practical guardrails that can operate in real time across dynamic, autonomous systems. The risk is growing. From system fragility and security vulnerabilities to regulatory exposure, organisations must rethink how governance is designed and implemented. At the same time, leaders face a key decision: whether to build internal capabilities, adopt external solutions, or take a hybrid approach, often without clear benchmarks for success.

• Design effective guardrails that enable autonomous systems to operate safely within defined boundaries

• Implement governance mechanisms for real-time oversight, escalation, and accountability in live environments

• Evaluate build vs buy vs hybrid approaches to governance tooling and guardrails and what works in practice

• Mitigate key risks including hallucinations, prompt injection, data leakage, and regulatory exposure

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