Showcasing AI-adept leadership teams for your portfolios — what great looks like

June 24, 2026
  • Building and developing AI-ready leadership teams for your portfolio companies
  • How do you assess AI leadership readiness? What are some key signals that indicate potential risks in AI readiness and adoption?
  • What types of skillsets are needed on the team to balance technical traits together with business leaders who can drive adoption?
  • Which AI-related leadership behaviors and governance structures can be developed and implemented to accelerate AI adoption? How can leadership teams be champions of AI?
  • What does a great CEO in the age of AI look like? What do other great AI shapers look like on the leadership team to unlock success throughout the lifecycle?

MODERATOR: 

Nenad Milicevic, Partner, Managing Director, Americas Co-Leader, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications, AlixPartners

 

PANELISTS:

Nagaraju Bandaru, Operating Partner, Diversis Capital

Tom Polak, Director of AI Innovation, Ridgemont Equity Partners

 

Speakers
Nenad Milicevic
Nenad Milicevic, Partner, Managing Director, Americas Co-Leader, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications - AlixPartners
Nagaraju Bandaru
Nagaraju Bandaru, Operating Partner - Diversis Capital
Tom Polak
Tom Polak, Director of AI Innovation - Ridgemont Equity Partners