Cross-cutting capability
Corporate Governance and Risk
Mitigation plans for operational, regulatory and cross-border compliance risks.
The challenge
Risk matrices grow until they become unmanageable: hundreds of risks with no owner, no economic quantification and no connection to the decisions the board actually makes.
Our approach
- Risk taxonomy and appetite definition with the board
- Quantification of severity and frequency into expected loss
- Design of proportional controls with a single owner and auditable evidence
- Committee calendar and executive reporting that outlives the project
Deliverables
- Quantified risk matrix
- Appetite model and escalation thresholds
- Control catalog with owners and evidence
- Board and committee reporting package
Risk-to-Decision
From risk list to decision with an owner
A risk only matters when it changes a decision: we translate it into economic impact and a named owner.
Taxonomy and appetite
We define risk categories, tolerances and escalation thresholds agreed with the board.
- Risk taxonomy
- Appetite statement
- Escalation thresholds
Quantification
We estimate severity and frequency per risk and convert them into expected loss in currency terms.
- Expected-loss model
- Stress scenarios
- Quantitative heat map
Controls and owners
We assign controls proportional to the risk, with single owners and auditable evidence.
- Control catalog
- Risk RACI
- Evidence protocol
Living governance
Committee calendar, dashboards and board reports that continue after the project ends.
- Committee calendar
- Risk dashboard
- One-page report
R2D·NS methodology path
Sequence of phases, with the analytical focus of each one and the decision point that closes it.
Fig. 1 · Phase flow
Deliverables map
Each deliverable is anchored to the phase where it is produced and validated with the client team.
Fig. 2 · Deliverables by phase
The figures use reference ranges and index values from the NS method, calibrated with our project base and market tracking. Each project's results are reported with the client's actual figures.
Lead partner
José Manuel Noriega
Business economics: price, growth, margin and capital.
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- Continuous monitoring of relevant regulatory change
- Alerts on exceptions and controls not executed
We work with data governance, confidentiality controls and human validation on every deliverable: AI accelerates the analysis, it never replaces the decision.
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It integrates with any of our practices or runs as a standalone mandate.