Fractional Executive Leadership.
A senior operator embedded in your leadership team — owning the regulatory, risk, and security agenda. Executive accountability, not advisory commentary.
You do not need a full-time CISO. You do need someone who can act like one.
A full-time CRCO or CISO is €150K to €250K a year fully loaded, and six months to recruit. Most companies between Series A and Series C do not have that problem shape — but they do have board meetings to report to, investors asking diligence questions, regulators responding to incidents, and auditors arriving next quarter.
Fractional executive leadership solves that. Two to four days a week. Full executive authority. No six-month ramp. Hand-over-ready when you eventually hire in.
Three executive mandates.
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Enterprise risk management, regulatory strategy, audit and board reporting. Owner of the compliance operating system end-to-end.
Chief Information Security Officer
Security strategy, SOC oversight, incident response, customer-facing security reviews. Accountable to the board for cyber posture.
Data Protection Officer
Statutory DPO function under GDPR. Independent advisory, DPIA oversight, regulator contact point, privacy culture building.
Operating rhythm, not slide decks.
Board & leadership representation
In the room for board meetings, exec committee, investor diligence sessions. Your regulatory voice with your governance body.
Audit & regulator response
First-line contact for external auditors, regulators, and enterprise buyers conducting due diligence. You stop improvising under pressure.
Programme oversight
Owning the roadmap for ISO 27001, SOC 2, EU AI Act, GDPR — whatever combination applies. Weekly cadence. Monthly board packs.
Team coaching & hiring design
Structured handover. When you are ready for a full-time hire, we write the job description, sit on the interview panel, and transition cleanly.
Cross-functional governance
Alignment with Engineering, Legal, Finance, Sales. Compliance stops being a speed bump and starts being a shared rhythm.
Incident & crisis response
When an incident happens — breach, regulator query, lost deal post-mortem — you have an executive who has done this before.
When this practice is the right one.
Good fit
- You are between Series A and Series C — too small for a full-time CRCO, too complex to leave the gap
- Your board or lead investor has flagged compliance / security leadership as a risk
- You are preparing for an acquisition, IPO, or expansion that requires independent executive oversight
- You need statutory DPO appointment under GDPR Article 37
Not a fit
- You need a hands-on security engineer — this is executive-level, not implementation
- You want someone to rubber-stamp decisions — fractional leadership is accountable, not ornamental
- Your stage actually requires a full-time hire — we will tell you
Often deployed alongside.
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30-minute scoping call. Written proposal within 5 business days.
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