Digital Transformation and Supervisory Directors: Embracing Risks

The urgent need to adopt digital transformation is now clear: the longer you delay, the greater the likelihood that competitors or newcomers will steal a march on you. On the other hand, if you're too quick off the mark, you can fail to adequately weigh up the associated risks. Is the answer to appoint younger supervisory directors? "Supervisory directors don't have to be technology experts provided they're fully aware of the threats and risks," David Bos, partner at BDO Advisory and digital transformation specialist in this area, said in a recent interview.