Our Services
Governance Advisory
Regardless of size or sector corporate governance practices touch on almost every aspect of directing and controlling your organisation and the effectiveness of its decision-making. Our governance consultancy services are wide-ranging, from advice on best practice governance procedures, practices and structures, through to bespoke training and workshops, governance-led transformational change programmes as well as advice and support on governance and sustainability reporting.
Our consultancy work usually begins with understanding and building the right environment for effective decision – making and sustainability, revolving around understanding and fostering the right organisational values being matched by the appropriate director behaviours and actions. The next phase moves into designing and effecting the right approach to governance practices. Following this we provide ongoing support and advice where and when required to ensure that confidence in the new way of doing things is built upon strong foundations.
There is no doubt in our minds that stronger governance practices lead to better business performance and that good governance is integral to an organisation’s ability to create and retain value.
Our Methodology
Case Studies
To better understand the kind of work that Global Governance Group delivers we have added a selection of our projects below. These case studies illustrate how we apply our practical knowledge and experience for assisting organisations and boards in improving their governance.
Global Financial services firm
Regulatory driven board evaluation and governance structure review leading to new rationalised governance framework
- Transformational review of current practices against best practice corporate governance for the boards of main business lines of regulated businesses
- Evaluation of decision making processes, board agendas, papers and meetings in order to increase effectiveness and rationalise current governance structure
- Leading to advice and support in delivering new rationalised governance structure and decision making processes. CEO mentoring and support to drive necessary structural and behavioural change and work with each individual board to increase alignment between directors
Global FTSE250 Natural resources company
Governance and regulatory driven board evaluation supporting a move closer to best practice corporate governance
- Review of board effectiveness, processes and adherence to the UK Code of Corporate Governance
- Outlined areas for consideration to achieve higher levels of compliance to the UK Code of Corporate Governance and improve effectiveness and communication between directors and executives
- Delivered recommendations on next steps, strategies to improve effectiveness and exercises for the directors and executive management to use to improve team working
State Owned Enterprises Governance
Strategically driven governance transformational programme, initiating best practice governance and sustainability reporting and related training.
- Review of board functions and decision making, charted and instilled organisational structures and processes, established board charter and conducted full compliance checks
- Established ESG competency framework, KPIs and benchmarked practices to create platform for change working alongside senior management and third parties
- Delivered sustainability training to top 50 senior ministerial staff and retained as ongoing governance and reporting counsel for state privatisation programme
Emerging Market Private Equity Investment
Governance due diligence prior to key private equity investment, organisational design and related training
- Review of all governance related activities, materials, practices, processes and know-how. Local code and best practice compliance assessment and peer review benchmarking
- Developed and implemented target operating model and organisational design adaptations for accommodating local best practices in corporate governance
- Delivered governance training to board and senior executives, and retained as ongoing governance counsel for board.
Global Not For Profit/Third sector
We were brought in to help the organisation overcome a difficult phase in its evolution through improving its governance. This was conducted with a focus on risk management / oversight and stakeholder engagement, management and communication which had been pre-identified as needing improvement
- Interviewing a number of stakeholders, conducting a governance evaluation to uncover and analyse current situation and potential additional areas to focus on
- Proposed new consistent global risk management reporting system and stakeholder engagement structure
- Delivered training in risk reporting and stakeholder management, updated governance structure. Delivered pathway to create a risk culture in all departments globally
Family-owned Global Infrastructure company
Assisting restructure of company to achieve a simplified sustainability driven governance and organisational structure
- Analyse current structure to identify which areas should be reorganised to make the company more sustainable, profitable and operating more effectively
- Implementing new governance structure with sustainability fully incorporated at all levels and in processes and procedures
- Delivered input to ESG framework and processes for all areas of the company. Delivered a new governance structure that incorporates sustainability (based on UN SGDs) in all decision-making processes
Global FTSE250 Producer of Oil and Gas
Operations driven governance transformational programme, initiated best practice ESG reporting and related board training
- Review of board reporting, decision making and instilled new processes, established board charter and conducted full compliance checks
- Established ESG competency framework, KPIs and benchmarked practices to create platform for change working alongside senior management and third parties
- Delivered sustainability advice, training and retained as ongoing governance and reporting counsel
Global Private Wealth Manager
Succession driven board evaluation and regulation compliance check leading to board refreshment, training and mentoring
- Compliance check as against current and forward looking regulations, industry peer best practice and strategic review
- Evaluation of full board and senior management level decision making practices, processes and papers in order to calibrate effectiveness and identify future board needs
- Board workshop and follow-up mentoring for CEO to support and facilitate system and behaviour change internally, reporting and communications advice