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Risk is not just a technical issue, it's a test of strategic leadership. As a board member, you safeguard trust, reputation and long-term value – ensuring resilience across cyber security, supply chains, liquidity, and regulation. We help you cut through complexity, linking governance to performance through clear accountability, informed challenge, and forward-looking decisions that turn resilience into a hallmark of effective leadership.

Explore the priorities shaping boardroom resilience below:

Cyber

Supply chain

Regulatory

Working Capital

Regulatory When compliance defines confidence

Board members are instrumental in ensuring regulatory compliance by offering strategic oversight and rigorously evaluating actions proposed or implemented by executive leadership and management.

A key element of your role is to challenge management to demonstrate how regulatory risks are addressed, approve major compliance initiatives, including remediations and oversee internal audit – regularly reviewing risk management processes to ensure regulatory risks are identified and managed effectively. While you may not be managing the day-to-day compliance, there's a need to understand the regulatory environment, your company’s strategy and risk appetite (which will depend on the maturity of your business and the industry in which you operate) and your own obligations.

We shift your oversight from reactive to strategic by integrating regulatory risk and compliance into your enterprise strategy and culture.

Regulation is governance in action

Your approach sets the tone for how risk and ethics are handled across the business.

Regulators expect it

Accountability underpins every corporate regime, from ESG to financial conduct.

Trust is on the line

Stakeholders measure boards by how they lead through scrutiny, not after it.

Why it matters

Boards have a duty of care to promote long-term success and that includes ensuring the organisation operates within regulatory boundaries. Oversight means understanding exposure, agreeing risk appetite and holding management accountable for delivery.

Pressures and priorities

  • What is our regulatory environment and what are the relevant governing bodies and standards that apply to our organisation?
  • Is our governance structure appropriately established to facilitate regulatory risk and compliance?
  • Are we meeting our regulatory obligations and does our risk appetite reflect our strategy?
  • Are we actively horizon scanning for upcoming regulatory and geopolitical changes, and is the organisation prepared to respond effectively?
  • Is our risk identification and assessment linked to our business strategy?
  • What key questions should I ask the team to confirm we have effective processes for managing regulatory risk and compliance?

Compliance isn’t bureaucracy, it’s a framework for trust. Boards that embed regulatory oversight into strategy make faster, safer decisions, reduce volatility and attract investment. Handled well, regulation drives confidence: investors trust your governance, customers trust your ethics and regulators trust your integrity.

Board members are collectively accountable for fostering a culture of ethical conduct, constructively challenging management, and having effective oversight of governance and risk management frameworks that protect the organisation and enable sustainable success.

An informed board

Having timely and relevant information for necessary oversight.

Culture of integrity

The board demonstrates a culture of compliance and ethics that prioritises openness and transparency, encouraging honest conversations between board members and management.

Independent voice

Independent reviews verify that frameworks are tested for design and effectiveness, and boards must show evidence of challenge.

Continuous learning

It is essential to stay informed about upcoming developments, maintain an understanding of the business strategy and remain up to date with ongoing events.

Board skills align with strategic goals

Board skills should align with the organisation’s strategic objectives, and their expertise must support the delivery of long-term goals.

Assured control

Independent reviews validate cash policies, credit terms and treasury compliance.

Protecting firms from the risk of AML

Independent Anti Money Laundering (AML) Audit – Payment Service Provider

“Helping the client to enhance their AML framework has allowed them to strengthen their oversight and build a proactive approach to financial crime risk management aligned with regulatory expectations.” Laura Schmuttermeier – Consulting Partner

Explore our success story

We help you turn regulatory complexity into clarity, control, and confidence:

  • Understand your role and obligations so you can make informed, accountable decisions.
  • Build a clear view of key regulatory risks across complex programmes and transformations.
  • Ask the right, targeted questions to surface issues early.
  • Identify and mitigate compliance risks sooner to avoid surprises and escalation.
  • Exercise stronger, more effective oversight aligned to your governance responsibilities.
  • Translate complex regulation into concise, decision-useful insight that drives strategy.
  • Strengthen your governance and compliance frameworks to meet expectations and reduce risk.
  • Stay ahead of emerging regulation through regular briefings and benchmarking against peers.
  • Position regulation as a source of leadership and trust, not liability, building confidence and sustainable value.

Regulatory compliance creates a framework for responsible growth, so innovation doesn’t outpace integrity. It ensures consistency, accountability and continuity, especially in more complex operations. When you get it right, you’re not just compliant — you’re credible. And credibility is a commercial asset.

Take the next step. Talk to our experienced regulatory experts who have developed experience over hundreds of engagements and who have done this at scale. Let’s support you in embedding compliance into your governance frameworks, strengthening regulator relationships and future-proofing your decision-making.

Laura Schmuttermeier

Consulting Partner – Risk and Governance

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Catherine Brittain

Consulting Partner – Risk and Governance

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Risk and Governance