Independent governance, risk and assurance for regulated organisations

What makes IG-Smart different

Principles that shape every engagement

Independent judgement

Advice and assurance grounded in evidence, requirements and risk.

Senior practitioner-led

Engagements are led by experienced practitioners with direct involvement in substantive advisory and assurance work, supported proportionately where appropriate.

Evidence-led

Findings, decisions and recommendations are traceable to evidence rather than assertion.

Practical and decision-ready

Outputs designed to help accountable people make and evidence decisions.

Experience where consequences matter

Our published work spans health, insurance, life sciences, higher education, financial services and retail. See the Evidence Centre

How clients engage

Three ways to work with us

Technology supports consistency, traceability and efficient delivery; professional judgement remains practitioner-led.

Engagements & investment

Evidence of continuity

Relationships that continue as requirements evolve

• PAUL UK

  Retained DPO service

  A partnership of more than five years.

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• Global entertainment group

  Repeatable acquisition governance

  A retained relationship since 2018.

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• The Co-operative Group

  Routine penetration testing

  A preferred-supplier relationship of more than two years.

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• Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

  Retained external DPO service

  Continuing support across EU and LATAM operations.

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• UCL

  Follow-on work

  An initial governance audit, followed by leadership training and a physical-security audit.

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Leadership & practitioners

Our people

• Michael Abtar

  Founder & Chief Executive Officer

• Professor Dame Donna Kinnair DBE

  Chair, Independent Advisory Board

• Dr Bright Mawudor

  Chief Information Security Officer

• Shaista Peart

  Senior Data Privacy & Information Governance Consultant

• Himanshu Desai

  Clinical Safety Officer & Healthcare Informatics Specialist

• Julia Andrade

  Head of Client & Programme Success

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How IG-Smart scales specialist expertise

Making specialist governance more consistent and repeatable

Specialist judgement, structured methods, reusable evidence and technology-enabled workflow work together, so that learning and quality carry from one engagement to the next. None of these replaces practitioner judgement.

Structured methods

Consistent approaches to assessment, readiness and assurance work.

Framework mappings

Control and requirement mappings, used where an engagement spans more than one framework.

Reusable evidence structures

Evidence organised so it can be maintained and reused rather than rebuilt.

Templates and reporting patterns

Tested formats for registers, assessments and board-level reporting, adapted to each organisation.

Digital workflow

Delivery tracked and managed digitally so work stays traceable.

Corporate trust at a glance

Company and certification