Executive Solutions

One integrated Technology Assurance practice.

Helping Boards and Executive Teams strengthen governance, manage technology risk and build confidence through independent Technology Assurance.

Featured Executive Solutions

Four solutions that define our market positioning.

Where Boards, Audit Committees and Executive Teams most often ask HazelGRC to help.

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Technology Assurance

Executive Challenge

Can your Board rely on technology governance and controls?

HazelGRC Approach

Independent assessment of governance, controls and assurance arrangements across the technology estate.

Executive Outcomes

  • Increased executive confidence
  • Stronger governance
  • Better assurance coverage
  • Improved Board reporting
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AI Assurance

Executive Challenge

Are your AI initiatives properly governed and trustworthy?

HazelGRC Approach

Independent assurance across the AI lifecycle — models, data, decisions and human oversight.

Executive Outcomes

  • Responsible AI adoption
  • Governance confidence
  • Regulatory readiness
  • Reduced AI risk
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Cybersecurity Governance

Executive Challenge

How well is cyber risk governed at Board and executive level?

HazelGRC Approach

Board and executive oversight of cyber risk, accountability, KRIs and incident readiness.

Executive Outcomes

  • Executive cyber oversight
  • Better Board reporting
  • Stronger resilience
  • Improved governance
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Board Advisory

Executive Challenge

Where can the Board turn for independent counsel on technology?

HazelGRC Approach

Trusted, discreet advisory to Chairs, Boards and Audit Committees on technology, cyber and AI matters.

Executive Outcomes

  • Independent perspective
  • Informed decisions
  • Executive confidence
  • Stronger oversight
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Our Signature Methodology

The HazelGRC Technology Assurance Framework

A proprietary five-stage methodology that underpins every engagement — designed to give Boards and Executive Teams confidence in independent, evidence-led assurance.

The HazelGRC Technology Assurance Framework — a five-stage executive methodology: Understand, Assess, Advise, Assure, Sustain.
  1. No. 01

    Understand

    Business context, technology landscape and executive priorities.

  2. No. 02

    Assess

    Governance, controls, risk and assurance arrangements.

  3. No. 03

    Assure

    Evidence-led assurance across the technology estate.

  4. No. 04

    Advise

    Independent, practical recommendations for Boards and executives.

  5. No. 05

    Sustain

    Embedded governance, KRIs and executive reporting.

Executive Challenges We Solve

The questions Boards and Executives bring to HazelGRC.

Select a question to explore the typical engagements, recommended solutions and executive outcomes.

HazelGRC Perspective

HazelGRC helps Boards establish AI governance, executive accountability and independent assurance across the AI lifecycle.

Recommended Solutions

  • AI Governance
  • AI Assurance
  • Data Governance

Executive Outcomes

  • Board-level accountability
  • Responsible AI adoption
  • Regulatory readiness
Capability Architecture

Twelve solutions. Four executive practice groups.

A single, coherent practice — organised around the way Boards and Executive Teams think about technology.

Practice Group 01

Executive Assurance

Helping Boards and Audit Committees gain confidence in governance, controls and assurance.

Technology Audit

Executive Challenge

Are technology audits providing the assurance the Board expects?

HazelGRC Approach

Independent, risk-based technology audits across strategy, delivery, cyber, cloud, data and third parties.

Executive Outcomes

  • Independent evidence
  • Risk-based coverage
  • Actionable findings
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Internal Audit Advisory

Executive Challenge

Is internal audit equipped for technology, cyber and AI?

HazelGRC Approach

Co-source, quality reviews, methodology uplift and specialist coverage for internal audit functions.

Executive Outcomes

  • Strengthened function
  • Specialist coverage
  • Improved quality
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Practice Group 02

AI & Digital Trust

Helping organisations adopt AI responsibly while maintaining trust, accountability and regulatory readiness.

AI Governance

Executive Challenge

Is AI adoption governed with the appropriate rigour?

HazelGRC Approach

Design of AI governance operating models, policy, risk frameworks and executive oversight.

Executive Outcomes

  • Clear accountability
  • Executive oversight
  • Policy alignment
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Data Governance

Executive Challenge

Is data governed as the strategic asset it now is?

HazelGRC Approach

Governance of data as an asset — ownership, quality, protection and regulatory alignment.

Executive Outcomes

  • Trusted data
  • Regulatory alignment
  • Improved oversight
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Practice Group 03

Cyber & Technology Governance

Helping leadership govern technology risk across increasingly complex digital environments.

Technology Risk

Executive Challenge

Is technology risk understood and reported at executive level?

HazelGRC Approach

Modernising technology risk frameworks, taxonomies, appetite and reporting for the AI and cloud era.

Executive Outcomes

  • Modern framework
  • Executive visibility
  • Aligned appetite
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Cloud Assurance

Executive Challenge

Is cloud governance keeping pace with cloud adoption?

HazelGRC Approach

Assurance across cloud governance, controls, shared responsibility and multi-cloud risk.

Executive Outcomes

  • Cloud confidence
  • Clearer controls
  • Reduced exposure
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Third Party Assurance

Executive Challenge

Are critical technology providers adequately assured?

HazelGRC Approach

Independent assurance across critical technology, cloud and AI providers.

Executive Outcomes

  • Third-party confidence
  • Concentration insight
  • Stronger oversight
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Practice Group 04

Board & Transformation Advisory

Helping executive teams make informed technology decisions with independent assurance.

Digital Transformation Assurance

Executive Challenge

Is transformation on track — and safe to rely on?

HazelGRC Approach

Independent assurance across strategy, delivery, controls and benefits realisation.

Executive Outcomes

  • Delivery confidence
  • Executive visibility
  • Reduced risk
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Editorial Spotlight

Independent counsel at the Board table.

Board Advisory is where HazelGRC does its most consequential work — a discreet, independent voice for Chairs, Boards and Audit Committees navigating technology, cyber and AI at the highest level of decision-making.

When Boards seek us

  • Ahead of major technology or AI decisions
  • During transformation or M&A activity
  • After a cyber, control or assurance event
  • Preparing for regulatory scrutiny

Strategic questions we answer

  • Is technology risk properly understood at Board level?
  • Are we governing AI responsibly?
  • Can we rely on our assurance arrangements?
  • Is our executive reporting fit for purpose?

How we support Chairs & Boards

  • Board-level technology and AI briefings
  • Independent reviews of assurance & controls
  • Advisory to Audit and Risk Committees
  • Confidential counsel to Chairs and NEDs
Why Organisations Choose HazelGRC

Independent. Specialist. Executive-level.

Founder-led accountability is combined with a carefully selected network of experienced specialists, assembled according to each assignment’s scope, scale and technical requirements.

Independent Advice

No products. No implementation bias. An independent perspective, delivered without conflict.

Executive Experience

More than two decades advising organisations in regulated and complex industries.

Technology Assurance Specialists

Specialist expertise is matched to each engagement’s scope, with HazelGRC retaining senior oversight of methodology and quality.

Practical Outcomes

Recommendations that Boards and executives can implement with confidence.

Our Perspective

Assurance, considered.

Independent assurance is not a report. It is the quiet confidence a Board holds when the technology beneath the organisation is understood, governed and evidenced.

We believe assurance should be considered rather than theatrical — grounded in the realities of an organisation, its risk appetite and its ambitions. Frameworks matter, but judgement matters more. AI, cloud and third parties are reshaping the terrain; the executive question is unchanged: what can we rely on, and how do we know?

HazelGRC exists to help Chairs, Boards and Executive Teams answer that question — independently, practically and with the weight of experience earned in complex, regulated environments.

The HazelGRC Executive Guide Series

Considered executive reading on technology governance.

A growing series of concise, executive-level guides — written for Boards, Audit Committees and Executive Teams.

HazelGRC Executive Guide No. 01

Technology Assurance Health Check

Is your technology governance fit for purpose?

An independent assessment of technology governance, cyber oversight and assurance arrangements — designed to help organisations build confidence in technology-enabled operations.

  • PDF
  • CategoryTechnology Assurance
  • Published 2025
  • 12 min read
HazelGRC Executive Guide No. 02

AI Governance Readiness Assessment

Executive Guide for Responsible AI Adoption

A concise executive guide to help Boards, executives and assurance leaders understand their organisation's readiness for AI adoption, governance, oversight and risk management.

  • PDF
  • CategoryAI Governance
  • Published 2025
  • 14 min read
Typical Engagements

Where HazelGRC is most often engaged.

Organised by practice group — a quick reference for Boards and Executive Teams.

Executive Assurance

  • Technology Assurance Reviews
  • Internal Audit Advisory
  • Technology Audit

AI & Digital Trust

  • AI Governance Assessments
  • Data Governance Reviews

Cyber & Technology Governance

  • Technology Risk Reviews
  • Cloud Assurance
  • Third-Party Assurance

Board & Transformation Advisory

  • Board Technology Advisory
  • Digital Transformation Assurance
Capability Statement

Download the HazelGRC Capability Statement

A concise executive overview of HazelGRC's advisory practice, solutions and approach to independent Technology Assurance.

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