AI Trust by Design™: How CPAs Govern AI

AI Trust by Design™: How CPAs Govern AI — Not Just Use It

As AI becomes embedded in audit, advisory, and internal controls, CPAs are being called to lead — not just adapt. But while most CPD offerings focus on tools, this session focuses on what CPAs are uniquely positioned to govern: risk, ethics, and trust.

This 50-minute interactive session introduces the core principles of ISO 42001 (the first global standard for AI management systems), shows how to apply a risk map to real CPA workflows, and anchors these insights in CPA Ontario's Ethics Code.

Attendees will walk away with:

An AI Risk Map applied to CPA advisory, forecasting, and client automation

A CPA Ethics AI Lens Checklist aligned with real-world scenarios

Whether you're in audit, advisory, or internal leadership, this session will help you spot risk, enhance explainability, and advise with confidence.

Tools Included:

📍 AI Risk Map (Lite Edition) – to identify governance gaps in AI-enabled CPA workflows 📘 CPA Ethics Lens – 3 guiding questions to apply ethical judgment to AI scenarios

Agenda:

Framing the Moment – Why AI governance matters now

Intro to ISO 42001 – Key principles CPAs need to know

Applying the Risk Map – Real-world workflows and oversight examples

CPA Ethics in Practice – 2 lenses for AI judgment

Wrap + Tools – Quick recap and downloadable tool

This session delivers practical insight, not just theory — empowering CPAs to lead with confidence in an AI-enabled profession.

Note that provided the time limit, this session won’t teach CPAs how to build responsible AI. It teaches them how to govern it. Using ISO 42001 as a framing tool, participants will learn how to spot red flags, improve explainability, and align their judgment with both ethical and audit requirements. Think of it as an oversight lens — not a tool tutorial.

About this course

$49.00
1 CPD hour
June 11, 2025 - 11:00 AM ET

Instructor(s)

Ludmila Pirogova

CPA, MBA, PhD Research ComSci

Managing Partner & CEO | NXTFrontier Group

Strategic Innovation | AI Enablement | Trust-Centered Governance

Ludmila is a CPA, enterprise architect, and AI strategy advisor with 20+ years guiding complex organizations through high-stakes transformation. She leads NXTFrontier Group, a boutique advisory selected by the Vector Institute’s national AI commercialization program. Her work supports fintechs, deep-tech, infrastructure, mobility, and public-sector leaders in building AI and Digital-first systems that are auditable and scale with trust.

She turns AI from hype into operational clarity — helping boards, founders, and regulators navigate ethics, auditability, and enterprise architecture in the age of intelligent systems. She’s contributed to global standards via the IAM Guidance Group (ISO 55002) and has led business growth & digital strategy at scale for major entities including Metrolinx and NEOM.