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Governance, Risk and Compliance

Governance, risk and compliance work puts a defensible structure around how decisions are made, which risks are accepted, and how obligations are evidenced. For companies in Qatar this typically means a board and committee structure, a maintained risk register with named owners, delegation of authority, and an anti-money-laundering programme proportionate to the business.

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Structure that survives scrutiny

A governance framework is tested at the worst possible moment: during a regulatory review, a dispute, or a transaction. What matters is whether decisions were made by people authorised to make them and whether that is evidenced.

Risk that is owned

A risk register with no named owner and no review date is documentation, not risk management. We build registers where each risk has an owner, a current assessment, a treatment and a review cadence the board actually follows.

AML and CFT

Where the business is within scope, a proportionate anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing programme: customer due diligence, screening, monitoring, record keeping and reporting lines.

How the engagement runs

  1. Assess

    Review current governance, authority levels and risk practice against expectation.

  2. Design

    Build the committee structure, delegation of authority and risk register.

  3. Embed

    Train the people who have to operate it, not just issue the document.

  4. Review

    Periodic assessment that the framework is being followed in practice.

Frequently asked questions

What does GRC mean for a company in Qatar?
Governance, risk and compliance covers how the board directs the company, how risks are identified and owned, and how legal and regulatory obligations are met and evidenced. It becomes material when a regulator, lender, partner or acquirer examines the business.
Do we need an AML programme?
It depends on your activity. Financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions fall within Qatar’s AML/CFT framework and must maintain customer due diligence, monitoring and reporting. The first step is confirming whether your activity is in scope.
What is a delegation of authority matrix?
A document setting out who may approve what, at which value, and with which secondary approval. It is the control that most commonly prevents both fraud and honest but unauthorised commitments.
How often should a risk register be reviewed?
Quarterly review at management level with at least annual board consideration is a common baseline. Registers reviewed less often tend to describe last year’s business rather than the current one.

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