Though ISACA indicates otherwise, having a board member serve on the IT strategy committee is not common practice. In fact, I have neither experienced nor heard of a single incidence of an independent board member sitting on the IT strategy committee. The only circumstance under which I can imagine it happening would be one in which corporate executives (employees of the company) are also board members. In this case, wearing his/her corporate hat, the director could coincidentally be a member of both the IT strategy committee and the board. However, the roles are distinct.
To clarify: the board’s activities with respect to IT governance (including strategy) are to approve and to oversee.
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