Sound corporate governance enables companies to be more efficient and accountable. With good corporate governance structures and practices in place, businesses mitigate risk, safeguard against mismanagement and are able to attract investment and capital—giving them the fuel for growth. A corporate management approach is crucial for the sustainability of the institutional entity and prestige of a company.

We at CH provide a wide range of specialized advisory services designed to help strengthen companies by improving corporate governance with our experienced team to deliver advice in the key areas of Board Effectiveness, Business Governance and overall Control Environment.

We offer the following comprehensive services:

• Governance framework – review and design
• Evaluation of governance structure for the Board and Board committees'
• Composition of the Board and Committee structure with roles and responsibilities
• Review / enhance / develop Board and Committee charters / terms of reference
• Review / enhance / develop Governance charter / manual
• Review / enhance / develop – Governance policies (regulatory)
• ESG governance assessment
• Governance code diagnostic assessment – for listed companies
• Corporate governance audit / gap assessment and improvement plan
• Governance maturity assessment

As business risks continue to increase, organizations are finding it necessary to implement a robust risk management process that proactively identifies risk, and assesses how it can effectively be addressed, before it occurs. An effective enterprise risk management (“ERM”) program supports organizations to manage their risks and maximize opportunities. ERM has also gained substantial momentum because of the growing importance of solutions for compliance and regulatory norms for which ERM lays down the foundations.

Our specialized team of ERM experts provide customized solutions within risk management to enable and strengthen the Company’s ability to identify and mitigate risks in a proactive manner.

We offer the following comprehensive services:

• ERM framework - design and implementation
• ERM monitoring and reporting
• ERM framework – audit/gap assessment and improvement plan
• Review/enhance/develop - ERM strategy, policies and procedures
• Review/enhance/develop – Risk Registers (corporate and operational)
• Risk identification, controls assessment and action plan development
• ESG risk management
• Regulatory compliance for ERM
• ERM secondment/co-sourcing

Amid an evolving regulatory environment and increased oversight pressures, organizations face ongoing challenges to manage and comply with ever-mounting regulations that are coming their way. At the same time, organizations are focused on managing new and persistent risks to their business, while balancing revenue growth and expense saving business priorities.

Managing IT risks and compliance have become even more critical considering these challenges. Failing IT can result in reputational harm, customer and market valuation decline, increased privacy concerns, and high-profile legal exposure. Therefore, enhancing IT controls is essential in this setting to make sure organizations are managed and controlled effectively and operate consistently.

Our team of experts provide specialized IT solutions to enhance your IT infrastructure and mitigate the IT risks in an effective manner. We offer the following comprehensive services:

• IT governance and strategy
• IT policies and procedures
• ITGC audit/gap assessment and improvement plan
• IT risk assessment/risk management
• Service organization compliance audit
• Privacy and data protection assessment and Qatar Law-13 enablement
• IT change and configuration management
• IT process optimization/transformation
• Business continuity management/disaster recovery framework design
• Business continuity management/disaster recovery – implementation and testing
• Qatar NIAP framework – design and implementation
• Information security ISO 27001 Certification
• Business continuity management – BCMS ISO 22301 Certification
• IT Service Management System ISO 20000-1 Certification

In order to achieve entity-wide goals while reducing the potential for risk and implementing measures to grow more sustainably, internal audit serves as a critical function for ongoing support to the Board and senior management.

Internal audits involve the review and analysis of the effectiveness of a company’s internal controls environment, which are integrated to safeguard your business against threats — such as fraud, non-compliance to laws and regulations and operational concerns. Our team of experts provide specialized internal audit solutions to enhance the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls.

We offer the following comprehensive services:

• Internal audit department framework design (strategy, charter, policies and procedures)
• Review/enhance – IA strategy, charter, policies and procedures
• Internal audit department quality assessment and improvement plan
• Risk assessment and internal audit plan development
• Review/enhance internal audit plan
• Diagnostic reviews (high-level) – operational and support functions
• Board/Audit committee reporting
• Internal audit secondment/co-sourcing

Compliance is a necessary component of good corporate governance. Compliance management is a collective term for all the tools and processes a company implements to ensure compliance with the rules, comprising of both, the regulatory and legal requirements as well as internal policies and bylaws. Compliance management tools and processes aim to detect compliance violations and protect a company from these violations which can cost a company considerable reputational damage and high financial penalties.

Our team specializes in compliance management to provide customized solutions to ensure effective compliance with the required aspects.

We offer the following comprehensive services:

• Compliance framework - design and implementation
• Compliance management - monitoring and reporting
• Compliance framework – audit/gap assessment and improvement plan
• Review/enhance/develop – Compliance policy
• Review/enhance/develop – AML policy and procedures
• Compliance secondment/co-sourcing

 
For rules laid out by:

• KSA – CMA, Saudi Exchange Rules and Companies Law
• Qatar – QFMA, QFCRA, QCB, QSE, and Commercial Companies Law