KPMG

NORTH AMERICA – October 27, 2026 -- Finance leaders now answer for both AI trust and AI spending. In Deloitte's Finance Trends 2027 survey of more than 1,400 finance leaders, 48% oversee AI trust, covering the reliability, accuracy and explainability of AI output, and 48% manage AI spending and cost controls. More than two-thirds of the leaders holding these responsibilities took them on within the past three years.

Most organizations split the two duties by default. Cost went to a workstream built on usage dashboards and approval gates, and trust went to another built on governance frameworks and model policies. Alteryx argues that this split is the costly mistake.

Seattle – October 19, 2026 -- Yoodli, an AI platform for human skills, has appointed Mike Mather, KPMG US's Chief Learning Officer from 2023 to September 2026, as Chief Learning Advisor to shape how its customers prepare workforces for AI.

Mather will work directly with Yoodli customers and its product team. His remit includes advising clients on readiness programs that move beyond course completions to measurable behavior change.

Mather brings CLO perspective into Yoodli's product roadmap

Mather will feed the learning chief's view into the roadmap as Yoodli builds out its platform. The platform pairs AI-powered practice with coaching and measurement, so skills are applied on the job rather than only learned.

Yoodli says its customers already include Google, Databricks, FranklinCovey, Korn Ferry and Snowflake. They use it for AI tool training, manager coaching and go-to-market enablement.