As organizations scale AI rapidly, the challenge is no longer adoption—but managing risk without slowing innovation. This session explores how to embed governance, accountability, and practical guardrails into the AI lifecycle, enabling leaders to accelerate value creation while maintaining trust, compliance, and resilience. It will highlight practical concepts from operational risk lens, including risk-based use case tiering, clear ownership and human-in-the-loop controls, and embedding governance across the AI lifecycle to ensure transparency, accountability, and rapid intervention when needed. Attendees will gain actionable guidance on operationalizing AI governance to accelerate value creation while maintaining trust, compliance, and enterprise resilience.