Service Architecture
Strategic Governance as a Service
Four tiers designed around the depth of governance challenge your organisation faces. Every engagement embeds our Adversarial Governance Methodology as standard.
Not episodic consulting. Continuous governance.
Traditional governance advisory is project-based: a firm engages a consultant, receives a report, and then manages governance internally until the next incident triggers the next engagement.
Strategic GaaS inverts this model. Governance becomes a continuous service, delivered via retainer, with ongoing scope adjustment, and an adversarial challenge function running as a permanent feature of every engagement.
Every tier uses the same adversarial methodology. The difference is depth, frequency, and the degree to which Owen is embedded in your governance framework.
The Methodology
Adversarial Governance Methodology
Red Team Review, Risk Simulation Lab, and Pre-Mortem Diagnostic, deployed as standard tools within every GaaS engagement tier.
Diagnostic GaaS
Governance Health Check
A structured, time-bounded assessment of governance and risk maturity. The entry point to the Strategic GaaS model. Designed to surface the gaps that retained engagement will address, with sufficient rigour to stand as a standalone board deliverable.
2–4 weeks
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Retained GaaS
Continuous Fractional CRO
Ongoing principal-level governance counsel at 15–30 hours per month. Monthly governance pulse, quarterly board briefing, on-call advisory, and an annual Red Team Review of governance framework effectiveness. The primary revenue relationship.
12+ months
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Embedded GaaS
Principal-Level Governance Ownership
Board seat or risk committee chair. Owen owns the governance framework, manages regulatory liaison, and chairs the internal challenge function. Designed for regulated, high-risk, or transformation-intensive organisations that require continuous, integrated risk leadership.
12–18 months
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Pre-Exit GaaS
Exit-Aligned Governance
Specialised governance uplift for PE portfolio companies within 12–18 months of planned exit. Four-phase delivery: diagnostic, framework design, implementation, buyer preparation. Optional gain-sharing on exit value uplift aligns incentives with outcome.
12–18 months
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In Practice
Case Studies
Anonymised engagements illustrating how each tier delivers in practice.
Risk Governance Overhaul at an FCA-Regulated Insurer
Supervisory pressure triggered a full restructure of the risk committee architecture and rebuild of the risk appetite framework from the board down.
Read case study →Exit Governance Preparation for a PE-Backed Business Services Group
With a strategic sale 18 months out, governance gaps were identified and remediated before the buyer's due diligence team arrived.
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