Andrew Chin spent nearly three decades at AllianceBernstein, holding leadership roles overseeing $829 billion in assets, quantitative research, and client work. AllianceBernstein created a chief AI officer role and appointed Chin to focus on AI strategy. Sixty percent of organizations have established a CAIO and another 26% plan to do so in 2026, per an AWS survey of 3,739 IT decision-makers. CAIOs are tasked with data management, AI governance, workflow change management, partnering with AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic, and evaluating software pitches from vendors such as Salesforce and ServiceNow. Reporting lines vary across companies, often depending on AI maturity and operational impact. Chin reports to the COO and opposed reporting to a technology C-suite leader.
Andrew Chin has spent nearly three decades working at AllianceBernstein, along the way taking leadership positions involving the management of $829 billion in assets, overseeing quantitative research, and spending time with clients. This diverse expertise made Chin a perfect candidate when the asset manager created the chief AI officer (CAIO) role a year ago. "It's easier for me to imagine reimagining our workflows with AI," says Chin, who previously served as chief risk officer and chief data scientist.
AllianceBernstein's CAIO hire is certainly on trend: 60% of organizations have already established a CAIO and an additional 26% intend to do so in 2026, according to a recent international survey of 3,739 senior IT decision-makers conducted by Amazon Web Services. While some debate whether the role belongs within the C-suite, especially as studies show that chief information officers have asserted more control over AI-related strategies across the internal business, CAIOs say their work is critical.
They are frequently mandated to develop and execute a strategy that encompasses data management, AI governance, and workflow change management, while also developing partnerships with large AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic and assessing pitches from software providers like Salesforce and ServiceNow. But what CAIOs don't fully agree on is whom they should report to. There's a wide range of options, including the CIO, CEO, chief technology officer, and chief operating officer.
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