Frameworks that live in documents
A policy set nobody uses, written for an audit that has already passed. Nothing changes at the point where decisions are actually made.
Board advisory · Lagos & Accra · Since 2003
Governance that holds when everything else moves.
Dr. Orlando Olumide Odejide advises boards and executive leadership on building organisations that are accountable, resilient and fit to endure — using the standards the world already agrees on.
- ISO 37000Governance
- ISO 31000Risk
- ISO 37301Compliance
- ISO 53001Sustainability
- ISO 27001Security
- ISO 42001AI
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The premise
Organisations rarely fail for want of a policy. They fail because nobody could say who decided, on what basis, and who would answer for it.
Governance is an operating system, not a binder. The work is to make authority, evidence and accountability visible enough that sound decisions become the default — and then to prove it to a regulator, an investor or a board.
Risk registers nobody reads
Risk recorded but never priced into strategy, capital or delivery. The register is complete and the exposure is unmanaged.
Assurance that arrives too late
Findings raised after the loss, the breach or the disclosure. Assurance becomes reporting rather than protection.
Where the work sits
Six domains, governed as one system.
Each domain is anchored to a recognised standard, so the work is portable, auditable and defensible in front of anyone who asks.
Governance
Decision rights, board effectiveness and accountability designed into how the organisation actually runs.
ISO 37000Risk
Enterprise risk that informs capital, strategy and delivery rather than sitting in a spreadsheet.
ISO 31000Compliance
Obligations mapped, owned and controlled, with evidence a regulator would accept without argument.
ISO 37301 · ISO 19011Integrity
Bribery, whistleblowing and fraud governed as one system rather than three disconnected policies.
ISO 37001 · 37002 · 37003Sustainability
ESG governed as business risk and long-term value, aligned to the SDGs and emerging disclosure rules.
SDGs · ISO 53001 · IWA 48Technology & AI
Technology risk governed as business risk — from service management and security through to responsible AI.
ISO 27001 · 22301 · 42001Board readiness diagnostic
Six questions. An honest read on where you stand.
Answer as your board would answer, not as the policy says. The result names your maturity band and the three practices that would move it fastest.
The register
Eighteen practices. One standards-led method.
Filter by service line or search by standard. Open any practice for its full scope, deliverables and business case.
How engagements run
Five phases. Capability stays behind.
The same sequence whether the subject is a board charter, an ISMS or an AI management system. It ends when your people can run it without us.
The record
Two decades, measured.
Advisory, assurance and capacity building across West Africa and internationally — from board charters to certification audits.
Practising since2003Independent advisory across governance, risk, compliance and sustainability.
Certifications0Professional credentials across governance, IT, assurance and security.
Professionals trained0Through corporate, executive and institutional programmes.
Practices0Standards-anchored disciplines across two service lines.
Where it applies
Sectors where the stakes are governance.
The standard is constant. The regulator, the risk appetite and the failure mode are not.
Financial services
Prudential expectations, conduct risk, operational resilience and third-party oversight.
Energy & extractives
Anti-bribery exposure, ESG disclosure and licence-to-operate risk across long supply chains.
Public sector
Accountability, procurement integrity and institutional capacity that outlasts political cycles.
Telecoms & technology
Data protection, service continuity, cloud governance and responsible AI deployment.
Health & pharmaceuticals
Regulatory compliance, information governance and patient-data privacy obligations.
Manufacturing & FMCG
Supply-chain integrity, sustainability reporting and operational risk management.
Development & NGOs
Donor accountability, fraud control, whistleblowing systems and SDG alignment.
Professional services
Independence, client confidentiality, quality management and engagement governance.
In their words
What people say.
Clients, colleagues and the professionals trained across two decades of practice.
Insights
Writing from the practice.
On wicked problems, sustainability and the discipline of governing well.
Start here
Bring the question that is hardest to answer at board level.
A first conversation is diagnostic, not commercial. You leave with a view on what the real exposure is and which standard actually governs it.
- info@drorlando.net
- Lagos, Nigeria
- No. 2 Bamishile Street, Off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.
- Accra, Ghana
- C789/3 Mango Tree Avenue, Asylum Down, Accra 0272733.
