AI Compliance Briefing: Human oversight in assesssment & accreditation workflows
A live expert debate followed by a Q&A bringing together three perspectives essential to AI‑enabled accreditation in higher education and professional bodies:
1. The technology view on how AI-assisted tools shape evidence review in accreditation,
(by Mark Runnalls, Ripltec)
2. The legal view on AI Act obligations for administrative decision systems,
(by Philippe Sigal, PSL Avocat)
3. The governance view on designing oversight that preserves judgement integrity.
(by Anna August, AI Ethics & Governance Advisor)
Hosted by Christiane Butler.
A concise session for leaders responsible for quality, compliance and high‑stakes assessment workflows in professional and higher education.
Ask the AI experts in our live Q&A:
Philippe Sigal is a lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar and registered with the Barcelona Bar (ICAB). He practises at PSL Avocat (https://pslavocat.com/en), advising technology companies and legal departments on the AI Act and the GDPR across France, Spain and the EU. He spent fifteen years in-house before moving into practice, including five years at ADP, where he led the international AI governance programme for the legal function across 50 countries. That work covered use case review, vendor oversight and the internal controls that sit around AI-assisted decisions. He was also legal advisor to the senior leadership team for the EMEA enterprise business. Earlier legal roles were with intergovernmental organisations, including the OECD, the European Space Agency and the ITER Organization.
Anna August, PhD is the founder and CEO of Anna August Advisory, an AI governance, audit and compliance consultancy working with AI-native companies across the EU, UK and GCC. Her nearly two decades of experience span academic research and teaching, and data leadership roles across ESG, aviation, medical devices and enterprise technology consultancy, before she founded her own practice. She leads ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 42001 audits, compliance assessments and training programmes, and developed the Seven Core Ethical Pillars framework for mapping AI risk to regulatory obligations. Anna also mentors practitioners and writes on AI regulation through her Substack, Notes from the Human Side.
Mark Runnalls is a technology, human capital and institutional reform leader with 25+ years’ experience across professional services,entrepreneurship, government and academia. At EY, he helped build EY Online, one of the world’s first global professional-services extranets, and subsequently built one of the earliest SaaS businesses within a Big Four firm before becoming a Partner. Since then, he has founded and led technology ventures, advised government, helped create the world’s first stackable microcredential professional qualification, and worked at the intersection of AI, education, credentialing and workforce mobility. Today, as CEO of RiPLTec, he is building AI-powered infrastructure to transform how skills are recognised, assessed and accredited across borders.
Christiane Butler brings over four years of experience organizing and implementing external quality assurance procedures for universities and continuing education institutions around the globe. Passionate about innovation, she has also led AI pilot accreditation procedures in collaboration with Ripltec. She holds an M.Sc. in Global Development Studies from the University of Copenhagen and is a licensed online facilitator with NomadicIBP.