Nearly half of FTSE 100 companies (48%) have now established chief AI officers or equivalent AI-focused roles, according to a new report from AI-native executive search firm pltfrm.
The report, ‘All In: The Corporate AI Leadership Race’, shows companies are racing to hire AI-savvy executives, with 65% of these AI leadership roles created in the last two years.
The research revealed that the largest cohort, 50%, of AI talent have data science backgrounds, 21% transitioned from strategic consulting firms, while 17% emerged from engineering and technology roles.
“The most effective chief AI officers operate like elite athletes,” said Will Lahaise, co-founder at pltfrm. “They are the linchpins between technical potential and business results. They need to translate between engineers and executives, between what is technologically possible and what is commercially viable.”
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