Luminance launches advisory board for AI governance

Luminance has launched a customer advisory board that includes senior leaders from BBC Studios, Ingram Micro, Slaughter and May, Staples Canada and Imerys, as well as Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon, the former Lord Chief Justice.

The invitation-only board will bring together executives from legal, operations, procurement, finance and other business functions to discuss the adoption of artificial intelligence in large organisations.

Luminance created the forum as companies move from testing AI tools to wider use across their operations. It is intended to give members a place to discuss governance, trust, risk management and organisational change, while allowing customer views to inform the company's longer-term direction.

Contract management has become one of the areas where businesses are applying AI more directly, particularly in functions that handle large volumes of commercial agreements. Customers are using Luminance's software to identify risk, extract commercial information from contracts and support decisions based on that data.

Cross-functional focus

The board's make-up reflects a wider shift in how AI decisions are made inside companies. Rather than sitting only with technology teams, decisions on deployment and oversight are increasingly shared across legal departments, finance teams, procurement leaders and senior management.

That shift has pushed AI governance into a broader leadership discussion, especially in heavily regulated or contract-intensive sectors, where questions of accountability, trust and process are central to adoption. The board is designed to support discussion at that level among senior peers.

"AI is no longer simply a technology discussion. It has become a leadership discussion," said Eleanor Lightbody, Chief Executive Officer of Luminance.

She said senior executives across industries were dealing with questions of adoption, governance and transformation as AI spreads more widely through business processes.

"Across every industry, leaders are grappling with questions around adoption, governance, trust and transformation. We established the Customer Advisory Board to bring together a diverse group of senior leaders who are navigating these challenges in real time and to create a forum for meaningful discussion around the future of enterprise AI and contract intelligence," said Lightbody.

Broader push

The launch is part of a wider effort by Luminance to deepen ties with customers as organisations weigh how to use AI in day-to-day operations. Board members will exchange views on market trends, internal challenges and the opportunities created by AI, while engaging with the company's leadership team on strategy.

Luminance traces its origins to research by AI specialists at the University of Cambridge. The company focuses on software for contract creation, negotiation, risk review and compliance, and says its tools are used by more than 1,000 organisations in more than 70 countries.

The advisory board adds a formal structure for gathering user input at a time when software providers are under pressure to demonstrate not only technical performance but also clear approaches to governance and accountability. In sectors where contracts underpin revenue, supply chains and regulatory obligations, those concerns have become central to how AI products are assessed and adopted.