Navigate uncertainty with experienced risk consultants

How you manage risk in your organisation isn’t just about avoiding disruption – it is often the driving force behind growth and profit in the long term.

We offer risk management and resilience services because we believe risk teams should be just as accountable for creating opportunities for risk and reward, as they are for mitigating problems.

Whether your needs relate to your people, financial security, sustainability, crisis planning or all of the above, our independent risk advisory services focus on generating better-informed decisions based on data that lead to better business outcomes.

Our risk consultancy services range from the use of sophisticated risk management tools and AI to dedicated data analysis from our risk consultants, to embedding our experts into your organisation to ensure business resilience for the years ahead.

With a team of over 150 specialists on hand, we're here to help you achieve readiness for whatever challenges may come.
 

True independence

Access independent risk and resilience advice and solutions focused on delivering the right business outcomes for you.

Clear insights

Use our data analytics and AI capabilities to gain invaluable and unbiased insights into your organisation.

Collaborative working

Working collaboratively is at the heart of how we work with you so we can truly understand your challenges.

 

Helping you on your journey from compliance to resilience

The BW Risk Portal provides practical time saving resources, from blogs and articles to eLearning, toolkits and templates, all aimed at helping you gain new insights and add immediate value to your organisation. 

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Our featured risk consulting services

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Enterprise risk management

We support you in implementing the right approach to ERM for your organisation, providing invaluable risk information and insights to help drive strategic decisions.

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Resilience

We help build your resilience through developing, implementing, and testing your business continuity and crisis management response strategies, plans and teams.

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Cyber risk management

We help enhance your resilience to cyber risk, information security, data protection and privacy, whilst ensuring you are compliant.

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Board governance and risk

A resilient well-run organisation has an effective board that oversees robust, but flexible governance and risk management underpinning its strategic decisions and ethical behaviours.

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Risk management software

Hindered by out-of-date processes slowing your decision-making? BW’s software is easy to use, helping you make better decisions and ensuring compliance through a holistic view of your risks and at the push of a button, creating reports for multiple stakeholders.

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Real time decision analytics

We use AI to help substantially amplify the knowledge and experience of your teams while at the same time removing biases from your decision-making.

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BW has partnered with Horizonscan to enable both organisations to strengthen our respective business continuity, resilience and crisis management capacity and expertise to deliver greater flexibility and excellence for our clients.

Highly accredited

Our expert risk and resilience consultants hold a variety of qualifications, certifications and accreditations. We regularly partner with leading risk management bodies, including the Institute of Risk Management, AIRMIC and International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM).

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Featured DC services

VFM ASSESSMENTS

Our independence allows us to objectively review the whole DC pension market, so you can be assured our advice is conflict-free and that we recommend the most appropriate solutions tailored to your circumstances and those of your members.

DC INVESTMENT

Working collaboratively within the firm and with our clients is at the very heart of what we do. We work closely with you to understand your unique circumstances and to help deliver your specific DC pension objectives.

Risk and resilience insights for decision-makers

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Blogs and briefings

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C-Suite insights

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Client case studies

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"For an in-house team, absence of key personnel is a known risk to manage. Having Barnett Waddingham provide business continuity means we can continue to provide the great in-house service the business is used to, in the knowledge that they are on hand to step in if ever required."
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