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Governance and Board Advisory

Independent support to design, assess, and strengthen governance frameworks that clarify accountability, improve oversight, and withstand scrutiny from regulators and stakeholders.

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Who We Support

Organizations and Decision-Makers

We help the boards, committees and oversight leaders accountable for integrity and assurance strengthen their mandate and credibility.

Boards of Directors
Charters, committee structures, delegation of authority, and self-evaluations.
Audit & Risk Committees
Mandates, work plans, and reporting lines aligned to international standards.
Chief Executives & COOs
Decision-rights frameworks and management accountability mechanisms.
Secretariats & Legal Counsel
Board administration, records, and compliance with governance codes.
Regulators & Public Bodies
Governance benchmarking for state-owned and regulated entities.
Where We Add Value

Challenges We Resolve

We help organizations confront the governance, risk and integrity issues that erode trust, performance and compliance.

Unclear roles and overlapping responsibilities between the board, committees, and management.

Weak or outdated board charters, terms of reference, and delegation of authority matrices.

Committees operating without clear mandates, work plans, or reporting cycles.

Board evaluations that are perfunctory or never acted upon.

Stakeholder and regulator concerns about transparency, conflicts of interest, and accountability.

Our Approach

Scope and Methodology

Our advisory services enable measurable outcomes through a structured, evidence-based methodology tailored to your risk profile.

Governance Diagnostic

  • Document review of charters, bylaws, and committee terms
  • Structured interviews with board and executive members
  • Gap analysis against selected governance code

Framework Design

  • Board and committee structure recommendations
  • Delegation of authority and decision-rights matrices
  • Conflicts-of-interest and independence policies

Implementation Support

  • Drafting charters, mandates, and reporting templates
  • Board and committee self-evaluation instruments
  • Change-management guidance for adoption
Benchmarks

Applicable Professional Standards

Our clients achieve conformance with the international frameworks that define credible governance and assurance.

OECD Principles of Corporate GovernanceCOSO Enterprise Risk ManagementCadbury Report principlesNational corporate governance codesKing IV (where applicable)
What You Receive

Principal Deliverables

Our clients receive decision-ready outputs that translate evidence into action and accountability.

Governance assessment report with prioritized findings and recommendations

Revised or newly drafted board charter and committee terms of reference

Delegation of authority and decision-rights matrix

Conflicts-of-interest and related-party transaction policy

Board self-evaluation framework and results summary

Outcomes

Outcomes You Can Expect

Our clients achieve durable improvements in oversight, control, risk management and organizational integrity.

Clear Accountability

Documented decision rights reduce ambiguity and duplicated effort across the board and management.

Stronger Oversight

Well-mandated committees provide focused, evidence-based challenge of management.

Regulator Confidence

Alignment with recognized codes demonstrates a defensible governance posture.

Reduced Conflict Risk

Explicit conflict-of-interest and related-party processes protect decisions from challenge.

How We Engage

Engagement Process

Our clients move from diagnosis to results through a transparent, phased engagement adapted to their context.

01

Scoping

Confirm objectives, board mandate, regulatory context, and engagement boundaries.

02

Assess

Review documents and interview board members and executives to surface gaps.

03

Design

Produce charters, mandates, and decision-rights instruments tailored to your context.

04

Embed

Support adoption through training, self-evaluation, and a practical roadmap.

Why PGC

Relevant Qualifications

Our clients benefit from certified, internationally experienced practitioners who bring authority and independence to every mandate.

  • 24+ years of governance, audit, and oversight experience across private, public, and international organizations.

  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with direct board-reporting experience.

  • Professional experience includes advising boards and oversight bodies across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

  • Familiarity with OECD, COSO, and national governance codes applied to regulated and intergovernmental entities.

Assurance

Confidentiality and Independence

Our clients rely on engagements conducted with strict confidentiality and objectivity free from impairing conflicts.

  • Our clients receive independent, objective advice backed by engagement-level conflict-of-interest assessments; any potential conflict is disclosed and resolved before work begins.

  • Our clients' information is held in strict confidence, used solely for the agreed engagement scope, and protected in line with applicable data-protection requirements.

Let's Strengthen Your Governance

Strengthen governance, manage risk and build integrity — starting with a confidential conversation tailored to your mandate, sector and risk profile.