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Enterprise & Operational Risk

End-to-end enterprise risk management - from strategy and policy design through to maturity assessment, risk appetite, and ongoing governance across regulated industries.

The challenge
Risk frameworks that look right on paper fail when they meet the reality of how the organisation makes decisions. Risk appetite sits unused. Maturity assessments produce scores without action plans. Board reports describe activity without informing decisions.
Our approach
We start with how the organisation makes decisions - not with a template. Assess the current state, design frameworks that fit the operating model, build the supporting tools, and embed them through coaching and governance design.
What we deliver

Our operational risk services.

01

Risk Strategy

Define the strategic direction for risk management - vision, objectives, operating model, and alignment to business strategy. Designed for board and executive endorsement.

02

Risk Policy, Framework and Key Risks

Design or uplift the risk policy, risk management framework, and principal risk taxonomy. Map key risks to controls, owners, and escalation triggers.

03

Risk Appetite

Build risk appetite frameworks linked to principal risks, controls, and day-to-day decision-making - not just board-pack statements. Includes tolerance thresholds and escalation protocols.

04

Risk Maturity Assessments

Structured maturity assessment across 8-15+ domains using the MaturityOne methodology. Two-tier model: Standard for quick baselining, Comprehensive for deep-dive diagnostics.

05

Emerging and Escalating Risk

Design processes for identifying, assessing, escalating, and monitoring emerging risks - with horizon scanning, trigger events, and integration into existing risk reporting.

06

Virtual CRO

Fractional Chief Risk Officer service - board reporting, committee support, team coaching, strategic direction, and regulatory liaison. Ongoing retainer or fixed-term.

07

GRC Tool Implementation

Support for GRC platform selection, implementation assurance, and adoption - working alongside the RiskBridge methodology for structured lifecycle governance.

08

Third Party Risk Management

Design or uplift the TPRM framework - due diligence, tiering, onboarding, ongoing oversight, performance, incident management, and offboarding across the full vendor lifecycle.

Who this helps

Built for the people who own the outcome.

Chief Risk Officers and Heads of Risk who need their ERM framework to drive decisions, not just compliance. Boards and Audit/Risk Committees who want reporting that informs oversight. program leads running risk transformation or maturity uplift. CFOs and CEOs who want risk integrated into strategic planning.

Frameworks, standards, and reach

Aligned globally. Delivered locally.

International standards
ISO 31000:2018COSO ERM 2017Three Lines Model (IIA)
Regional regulation
APRA CPS 220APRA CPS 230ASX Corp Gov PrinciplesASIC RG 259
Markets served
Australia & NZHong KongSouth-East AsiaGCC & Middle EastUnited Kingdom
Sectors
Financial ServicesHealthcareTelcoGovernmentLogisticsCritical Infrastructure
Product integration

Consulting backed by a purpose-built platform.

MaturityOne

The maturity engine behind our consulting.

MaturityOne's Enterprise Risk domain provides the structured assessment methodology we use in every engagement - two-tier model across 8 Standard and 15+ Comprehensive domains, scored on a unified 0-4 scale with regulatory add-on mapping.

2Assessment tiers
15+Domains
11+Add-ons live
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How it connects

Every engagement in this practice can be accelerated, measured, and evidenced through MaturityOne. Clients who use both consulting and the platform see faster time to value, defensible evidence trails, and a methodology that persists after the engagement ends.

Ready to talk?

Start with a conversation.

Whether you are evaluating GRC platforms, assessing your risk maturity, navigating AI governance, or looking for a practitioner who has done the work - we respond within one business day. No SDR sequences. No chatbots. A real conversation with a practitioner.