#124: Paul Goodhew, Partner at Ernst & Young – How AI Is Reshaping Audit & Assurance Globally?

Join us this week for The Tech Leaders’ Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Paul Goodhew, Partner - EY Global Assurance Innovation & Emerging Technology Leader. Paul talks about EY’s $1 Billion investment in Agentic AI, their long term AI integration strategy, and why many organisations are building their own versions of ChatGPT. On this episode Paul and Gareth discuss guiding principles for good AI governance, the evolving regulatory landscape, and whether the education system is keeping up. Timestamps: Introduction and Good Leadership (1:57) Early tech interests, and the journey to EY (5:00) AI and Auditing (11:30) Global Audit Consistency, Agentic AI and EYQ (16:25) Long Term AI Integration Strategy (22:28) AI Guardrails (26:10) Good Governance (29:55) Is Education keeping up? (31:44) AI Disruption (35:20) Regulatory Landscape (38:00) AI Hopes and Fears (40:00) Advice for 21-year-old Paul (43:46) https://www.bedigitaluk.com/