Governed AI adoption
Governance, ownership and controls so AI use is safe, decided and delivered.
AI governance and delivery assurance
AI adoption is a change programme.
AI adoption is a change programme.
I govern it like one.
Independent, business-side advice for organisations adopting AI, and hands-on help for founders who want their AI tools doing real work.
- APM member since 2013
- MSc Project Management
- Certified SAFe 6 Practitioner
- PRINCE2
- Anthropic Teaching AI Fluency
- OpenAI Academy AI Leadership
- BPSS screened
Three ways to work together
Where are you starting from?
Safe AI in public services
One approval route for every rule, so each AI use is checked once, by the people who own the rules.
Founder AI Lab
Four practical one-to-one sessions to see where AI can genuinely help your business, and start using it with confidence.
Approach
What I do differently.
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The hard part isn't technical
Unclear priorities, unprepared teams and decisions without owners stall AI more than tools do.
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Independent of vendors
Advice on what to adopt and how, with no platform to sell.
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Governance that teams can use
Owners, decision rights and controls built into how work already runs.
Track record
Delivery, measured.
10+years delivering transformation and technology programmes
113days to bring a £2.5m programme from threatened termination to client acceptance
£300k+of commercials kept under control across three organisations
5weeks from undefined scope to a costed, governed plan
How it works
From first idea to everyday use.
Three services that follow your AI project. Use one or all of them. Days are estimated and agreed in writing before work starts.
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Before the project
AI Portfolio Discovery
What AI do we have, what should we do first and who owns it? You end with a sponsor decision on where to start.
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During the project
AI Delivery Governance
How do we approve and own AI from now on, and is this project delivering? You end with a working approval route, a named owner and a benefits review.
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After go-live
AI Governance Lead
Is it still working, and what do we approve next? You end with a steady monthly rhythm and a board view.
What I believe
- AI adoption needs an owner, not just a tool.
- Speed and control are not opposites.
- Your team should own the result.
What you can expect
- Senior-facing and short.
- Decision authority agreed up front.
- Plain language, no jargon.
AI for speed.People for decisions.
Selected work
Proven in practice.
AI adoption, and the programme governance behind it. Client names are withheld.
8 areas of operations · 1 source of truth
An owner upskilled to bring AI into 8 areas of operations
UK service SME · AI adoption Brief before code · Standards that keep improvingFast MVP roll-outs with consistent governance, ready to hand over
Tech start-up · AI adoption 113 days · £2.5m programmeFrom threatened termination to client acceptance
Advanced manufacturing 3 organisations · £300k+ commercialsOne regulated release across vendor, partner and client
Advanced engineering“Maria brought clarity to a complex delivery situation very quickly. Her ability to surface early risk and restore confidence at senior level made a material difference to how decisions were taken.”