Bringing R&IM into Strategic Conversations

A Deloitte Global study of 739 board members and C-suite executives across 59 countries found that 71% see strategic risk oversight and scenario planning as areas where board oversight can contribute most to organisational resilience. Looking beyond 2025, rapid technological advancement and digital disruption also emerged as the number one longer-term priority.

For R&IM professionals, there is a clear connection. Strategic decisions rely on information that is trusted, accessible, secure and appropriately governed. As organisations adopt AI and increasingly automated technologies, they also need to understand what information these systems can access, how it is governed and what evidence needs to be retained.

This positions R&IM as more than an operational or compliance function. Strong information governance supports risk management, cybersecurity, AI governance, business continuity and organisational accountability.

As Deloitte's research highlights greater board and C-suite involvement in risk, strategy and scenario planning, RIM professionals have an opportunity to demonstrate how good information management directly supports those priorities.

The conversation is no longer simply, "Are we managing our records correctly?" It is also: "Do we have the trusted and defensible information our organisation needs to make good decisions and demonstrate accountability?"

Original source: Deloitte Global, How board and C-suite collaboration can build organizational resilience, 30 September 2025, click here to read full report.