2026 Corporate Governance Trends: Boards Must Pressure-Test Decisions, Confront Blind Spots, and Embed Resilience into Oversight

PwC's Governance Insights Center identifies five board priorities for 2026: evolving shareholder engagement, AI oversight integration, rigorous board self-assessments, M&A governance, and CEO succession planning. Notably, 35% of directors already use AI in their oversight work and boards are urged to leverage it to narrow the information asymmetry between directors and management, fuelling sharper questions and better-informed decisions. The piece is a crisp, actionable agenda-setter for any SEA board preparing its annual governance calendar.