01 · Architecture
An enterprise sales requirement
- Reality
- A software company needed to evidence its governance to win an enterprise customer, and had no formal management system.
- Mandate
- Governance architecture and a management system able to meet the customer's requirements.
EvidenceA management system in place and run by the company's own team, ready for independent certification.
02 · Architecture
An acquisition
- Reality
- Following an acquisition, a private-equity-backed portfolio company operated across several jurisdictions.
- Mandate
- Operating-model restructure and governance design.
EvidenceOne operating model and one governance structure across every jurisdiction.
03 · Solutions
A divestment
- Reality
- A business unit was being divested from its parent, with a day-one date set.
- Mandate
- Stabilisation of the business unit from day one through separation.
EvidenceStandalone governance and reporting operating from day one, and a structured exit from the services the parent had provided.
04 · Advisory
A buy-side diligence question
- Reality
- An acquirer needed to understand the governance and operational risk in a target before signing.
- Mandate
- Buy-side operational due diligence.
EvidenceGovernance maturity and risk established before signing, with a remediation roadmap the acquirer could act on from completion.
05 · Architecture
A new regulation
- Reality
- A financial-services company had to meet a new operational-resilience regulation.
- Mandate
- Bringing the regulation's requirements into how the company operates.
EvidenceThe requirements built into existing processes.