Enterprise Risk & Governance
Resilience you can evidence.
A regulator asking for your risk framework? A board asking what could actually hurt the business? We build enterprise risk and governance structures that work on the day they are tested.
MCSI · SCA Approved Risk Officer
The problems we solve
- A risk register that is updated for meetings and consulted never
- No articulated risk appetite — so every decision is an exception
- Three lines of defense that blur into one on inspection
- Board risk reporting that is long on heat maps, short on judgement
- Governance policies inherited, outdated, or written for another entity
- Regulator expectations on governance rising faster than the framework
If any of these is on your desk this quarter, the conversation is worth an hour.
Continue: how we work →How we work
One discipline, five movements
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1
Assess
Current state vs. requirement — gaps defined
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2
Diagnose
Root causes, risk-ranked
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3
Design
Frameworks, policies, control structures
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4
Implement
Deployment with your team, not around it
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5
Strengthen
Monitoring, testing, continuous review
What you receive
ERM framework design
Enterprise risk management architecture — identification, scoring, ownership, escalation — proportionate to your scale and licence.
Risk appetite & registers
Board-approved appetite statements cascaded into working limits, with registers that drive action.
Governance & board reporting
Policy architecture, committee structures and board-level risk reporting designed to be read, not filed.
Questions boards ask us
Our regulator has asked for an ERM framework. Where do we start?
With a gap assessment against your regulator’s specific expectations — SCA, CBUAE or DFSA — then a build sequenced by supervisory priority. Led by an SCA Approved Risk Officer.
Can you sit on or advise our risk committee?
We act as independent advisor to boards and risk committees, including standing attendance where governance rules permit.
How is this different from compliance?
Compliance answers “are we following the rules”; enterprise risk answers “what could stop us reaching our objectives”. Institutions need both — connected.
Guide
Board Risk Reporting — Structure & Template
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