Capabilities
What we are retained to do.
Six disciplines that operate as one practice, from independent counsel at board level through to the operating model that carries it.
The work
Advisory that ends in a decision, not a document.
Every engagement is scoped around a question the board has to answer. Our output is designed to be acted on: evidenced, proportionate and costed.
Board & executive advisory
Independent counsel to the board, the audit committee and the executive team on the decisions that sit above the operational line.
- Board and committee reporting
- Risk appetite and tolerance setting
- Executive and non-executive briefings
- Assurance mapping and escalation
Independent assurance
A candid, evidence-based view of how the organisation is genuinely performing, not how it reports.
- Independent assurance reviews
- Audit and inspection programmes
- Assurance framework design
- Board-ready findings and ratings
Risk & governance architecture
The structures, accountabilities and reporting lines that make risk management a working system rather than a document set.
- Enterprise risk frameworks
- Governance and accountability models
- Policy and standards architecture
- Assurance and reporting cadence
Regulatory compliance & readiness
Compliance that keeps pace with a regulatory landscape moving faster than most operating models were designed for.
- Regulatory horizon scanning
- Compliance operating model
- Regulator and enforcement readiness
- Incident, crisis and investigation support
Culture & leadership
Behaviour, leadership and the conditions that determine whether people raise the issue before it becomes an incident.
- Culture assessment and diagnostics
- Leadership behaviour and capability
- Engagement and communication strategy
- Frontline voice and psychological safety
Performance & operating model
Where risk, cost and operational performance meet, designed together rather than traded off against one another.
- Target operating model design
- Resource and capability planning
- Performance measurement and KPIs
- Improvement and transformation programmes
Scope of work
Not sure which of these you need?
Most engagements start with a short conversation about the board's agenda. We will tell you plainly whether we can help, and what we would do first.