British boardrooms are failing to focus on critical business threats such as climate change, AI and cybersecurity, according to a study of 200 board directors by executive search firm Norman Broadbent in partnership with BDO.

Only 8% consider cybersecurity one of the top three risks facing their organisations, while other critical issues like AI (4%) and the environment (2%) lag further behind in board risk and opportunity assessments.

Instead, boards view the economic environment as...