AI is advancing faster than organizations can manage it
Nearly 9 in 10 organizations now use AI in at least one business function. Only 37% can show that AI has improved their financial results.
Source: McKinsey, The State of AI, 2026
How we help
We help organizations establish the governance, policies, skills, and oversight needed to realize measurable value from AI.
Our services span AI governance, risk, and compliance; AI strategy and readiness; AI training and workforce literacy; AI change management and adoption; and fractional Chief AI Officer and advisory services.
Organizations that regularly assess their AI systems are more than 3 times as likely to achieve high value from generative AI.
Source: Gartner, 2025
Experience across healthcare, financial services, legal, manufacturing, retail, education, and public sector organizations, including practice leadership at PwC and enterprise architecture leadership at KPMG.
APEX
APEX is our flagship assessment. It consists of 7 components to evaluate an organization. They can be assessed in combination or stand-alone.
Human oversight
How AI output is reviewed by qualified people before it informs a decision.
Governance maturity
Whether AI policies exist, are published, and are known by the people they apply to.
Robustness and safety
How accuracy is verified, how often, and how disagreements are escalated.
Fairness
How AI tools are reviewed for bias and how staff raise concerns.
Transparency
When and how AI use is disclosed, internally, externally, and in vendor contracts.
Accountability
Who owns the AI inventory, its monitoring, and the liability for its use.
Privacy and security
How data moves through AI tools and which data categories are permitted.
The APEX methodology
Every APEX engagement progresses through 7 phases, from evidence collection through sustainment. Interviews and a survey precede document analysis. The assessment phases are completed within a 10 to 14 business day window.
Services
AI governance, risk, and compliance
Governance structure and policy and procedure, aligned to NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001.
AI strategy and readiness
APEX assessment, and AI strategy and roadmap.
AI training and workforce literacy
AI literacy program, and board and executive briefings.
AI change management and adoption
Implementation support, organizational design for AI, and adoption and sustain.
Fractional Chief AI Officer and advisory retainer
Fractional Chief AI Officer, and advisory retainer.
Alignment with NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001
APEX is aligned to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO/IEC 42001.
APEX self assessment
Baseline your organization’s AI governance across 7 components: human oversight, governance maturity, robustness and safety, fairness, transparency, accountability, and privacy and security.