I am very privileged to work with some wonderful clients combining my passion for improving risk management and governance, but in a way that is manageable, will not impede innovation and productivity, and at a sensible cost.
I adopt a step-by-step tailored approach with my clients bringing a wealth of knowledge and proven solutions from other client work. I combine this with two key principles:
- What works for one organization may not always be suitable for the culture and context of another and
- Governance, Risk and Compliance improvements should seek to simplify, clarify and strengthen processes and activities in a sustainable, and not be a huge burden.
Clients say that I am very productive and offer constructive solutions very quickly. I am also able to listen to what is needed and adapt what is required as well as helping to anticipate major difficulties and take steps to head these off. I have built up a business over eight years, so have the highest standards around ensuring value for my clients, keeping things confidential and delivering high quality work. A list of clients and testimonials is provided elsewhere in this website.
I have developed a reputation for delivering outstanding workshops – open and in-house. Delivering training for the IIA, including those in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and UK; I also deliver the MIS Audit Leadership school.
I have expertise in Risk Assurance mapping, Lean auditing, Auditing Culture, Root Cause analysis for Internal audit, Influencing for Internal Auditors, Audit best practices and Internal audit team effectiveness. I am also a provider of EQA services.
I am the author of the book Lean Auditing, published by J Wiley. I have been a regular guest speaker at IIA International Conferences since 2012.
James Paterson
James has helped me and my team in a number of areas, examples being improving the way we conduct and report on our audits and helping with our assurance mapping. This has all been done in a positive and supportive manner, helping the team to embed learning from these sessions.
I contacted [James] for advice as to how Assurance Mapping techniques could be applied in my own authority. Not only were his ideas very constructive, his approach was very professional yet carried out in a friendly, easy going manner which greatly helped my understanding of the issues involved. James was then always happy to deal with any follow up queries I had and he helped to fine tune and discuss the approach with the rest of my team who similarly very quickly formed the same positive view of James’s style and manner. We have recently introduced this new approach into my authority and the results and comments to date have been very encouraging, thanks in no small way to James’s advice and assistance. I would have no hesitation recommending James to anyone.