risk advisory

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Every organisation carries risk. What distinguishes resilient organisations is not the absence of risk, but the clarity with which they understand it, name it, and make conscious decisions about how much they are willing to carry.

Elevare Advisory works with boards and executive teams to design and develop the risk foundations that give organisations clarity. Risk profiles that reflect reality. Risk appetite statements that support improved decision making across the organisation. Risk management strategies and frameworks that are built for use.

We work with you to build one that fits your organisation, your culture, your business maturity and the context in which you are operating.

Our experience includes:

  • Developing a Risk Profile and Risk Appetite Statement for a major national broadcaster.

  • Developing a Risk Profile, Risk Appetite Statement, Risk Management Framework and Risk Strategy for an Australian Manufacturer of global energy solutions.

  • Developing a Risk Profile, Risk Appetite Statement, Risk Management Framework and Risk Strategy for a National Australian Swim School company.

  • Conducting an independent Risk Assessment of a Joint Venture for an ASX50 financial services company.

  • Developing Privacy, Data and Surveillance policies and procedures for a global workforce housing specialist.

What will strong risk foundations give your organisation?

The benefits differ across organisations, but they consistently include:

  • A clear and honest picture of the risks your organisation is actually carrying

  • A risk appetite statement that means something at the board table and guides decisions at every level

  • Greater confidence for the board in discharging its governance obligations

  • A common language for risk across the executive team and the board

  • Frameworks that are built to be used not filed away after sign-off

  • The clarity and confidence to make better, faster decisions in uncertain conditions

RISK foundations

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Transformation is never just a technical exercise. It is also a cultural one. It asks people at every level to think and behave differently, often under scrutiny and pressure.

Elevare Advisory designs and provides hands-on delivery support for risk transformation programs. We develop the change roadmap, support execution, and bring the governance discipline and human understanding that complex transformation demands.

Our experience includes:

  • Designing a Risk Transformation Strategy, including developing a roadmap to embed ‘sustainability by design’ into the program delivery strategy.

  • Conducting an independent review on the effectiveness of governance practices, including developing a series of climate risk governance options for a state government department.

  • Designing and delivering a remediation compensation scheme for a large property developer.  

  • Designing and delivering a fee for no service remediation for a large Superannuation fund.

  • Reviewing the evidence surrounding an incident for a payments company and consulted with key stakeholders in the organisation to develop a remediation plan for board signoff.

What will effective risk transformation give your organisation?

The benefits differ across programs, but they consistently include:

  • A transformation roadmap that is realistic, sequenced, and is owned throughout the organisation

  • Cultural change that sticks because it is grounded in the organisation's own context, values, purpose and people

  • Reduced regulatory exposure and greater confidence in front of boards and regulators

  • Programs that address root cause not just the presenting symptoms

  • Leadership teams that understand risk as a strategic asset, not a compliance burden

  • An organisation that emerges from transformation stronger, clearer and genuinely more resilient

RISK TRANSFORMATION