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AI Strategy for Operational & Non-Financial Risk Management

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Report - July 2026

To better understand how risk leaders are approaching AI in ONFR management, ORX undertook a series of discussions with the risk leadership community between April and June 2026. Drawing on bilateral interviews, virtual roundtables and in-person LeadersConnect discussions, the resulting report captures an emerging view of the experiences, opportunities and challenges associated with AI adoption in ONFR.

Over the first half of 2026, risk leaders' views on the role of AI in Operational and Non-Financial Risk (ONFR) management shifted notably. What was viewed as a promising area of experimentation just a year ago is increasingly being seen as a technology with the potential to transform how ONFR is managed and the value it can deliver. However, the longer-term opportunity is not yet assured. The central challenge is no longer whether AI can create value in ONFR, but whether firms can create sufficient coherence to capture that value at enterprise scale.

ORX members can view the key findings and download the full report.

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