Ep 74 - Global Women in AI / Corporate Director Liability: Discretionary, Not Fiduciary
Episode #74 with Tram Anh Nguyen and Professor Marc I. Steinberg 🎧In this episode, we feature two conversations exploring different frontiers of finance and technology.In our opening spotlight, we welcome back Marc Steinberg, professor at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and a leading voice in securities and corporate law. His latest book, Corporate Director and Officer Liability: Discretionary, Not Fiduciary (Oxford University Press), challenges the long-standing view that corporate directors and officers should be labeled as “fiduciaries.” Marc explains why liability standards — from the duty of care to the business judgment rule — are too lenient to support that label, and why adopting “discretionary” as a neutral, accurate term could restore clarity and investor trust.In the second segment, we speak with Tram Anh Nguyen, co-founder of the global digital finance education platform CFTE and Chairwoman of Global Women in AI (GWAI). She shares GWAI’s mission to close gender gaps in AI by equipping women across industries with technical knowledge, leadership skills, and mentorship. Tram Anh highlights the urgency of AI literacy, barriers keeping women from AI-driven opportunities, and how GWAI connects students, professionals, and policymakers to create an inclusive ecosystem shaping the future of technology.Professor Marc I. Steinberg is the Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law at SMU’s Dedman School of Law. A former attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, he has taught or lectured at institutions including HKU, Cambridge, Oxford, King’s College London, UCLA, and the University of Pennsylvania, and has served as an expert witness in cases including Enron, Martha Stewart, Mark Cuban, and the National Prescription Opioid Litigation. A prolific scholar, he has written over 150 law review articles and 50 books, including Rethinking Securities Law (Oxford, 2021), which won Best Law Book in the United States from American Book Fest. He is Editor-in-Chief of The International Lawyer and The Securities Regulation Law Journal and is a member of The American Law Institute.Tram Anh Nguyen is a recognized voice on the future of work and co-founder of CFTE - Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship, which has educated over 260,000 alumni across 130+ countries in digital finance. Before launching CFTE in 2017, she spent nearly two decades with Standard Chartered Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort, and UBS Wealth Management, advising ultra-high-net-worth clients. She co-authored the world’s largest Fintech Job Report and founded the Future Skills Forum, which convenes global leaders across policy, education, and industry to drive workforce transformation in the age of AI.The Regulatory Ramblings podcast is brought to you by The University of Hong Kong's Reg/Tech Lab (Building Better Financial Systems), HKU-SCF FinTech Academy, Asia Global Institute, and HKU-edX Professional Certificate in FinTech, with support from HKU Faculty of Law. The program is led by Douglas Arner and hosted by Ajay Shamdasani. For more details about the authors and links, please visit: hkufintech.com/rrHKU FinTech is the leading fintech research and education in Asia. Learn more at www.hkufintech.com.
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