Axiom Verity
Capability Statement

AI governance advisory, evidenced.

Axiom Verity is board-level AI governance advisory built by someone who has both carried the accountability and shipped the system — not a framework reseller, and not a lab experiment with a compliance veneer.

Last updated: 2026-07-22

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Who this is for

Four audiences, one practice.

  • CEO / Board Director
    Plain-English risk exposure and assurance the organisation is covered.
  • CRO / Compliance Leader
    Practical AIMS build-out, control mapping, and audit evidence.
  • CISO / Security Architect
    Threat modelling and control design for AI and agentic systems.
  • CTO / Innovation Director
    How to build governed AI in practice, not just policy for it.
Evidence

Not a framework reseller.

25+ years

Regulated technology, cyber, and cryptography risk leadership

~£1tn/day

Payments infrastructure secured as Director, Information Integrity & Protection, Barclays

GEC-1

Board Risk Committee reporting line, Royal London

ISO/IEC 42001

Senior Lead Implementer, applied in practice, not just certified

Engagement areas

Five areas of advisory work.

  • AI Governance & AIMS Implementation
    ISO/IEC 42001 build-out and certification readiness.
  • EU AI Act & Regulatory Compliance Advisory
    Obligation mapping and crosswalks against UK and EU regulatory expectations.
  • AI Security Architecture & Threat Modelling
    OWASP LLM and agentic-AI threat modelling, control design.
  • Board & Executive Risk Reporting
    Independent risk opinions and board papers on AI risk.
  • Third-Party & Operational Resilience Risk
    Extending SS2/21, SS1/21, and SYSC 15A frameworks to cover AI.

Full detail on each engagement area: see the services page.

Proof of work

Axiom Puzzleworks.

A governed AI system built and shipped in production — deterministic controls, schema validation, traceability, and human approval gates. Not described in a policy document; running.

Read the full proof-of-work story.

Contact

andrew@axiompuzzles.com

Axiom Verity

Board-level AI governance advisory built on 25+ years of regulated technology risk, cyber, and cryptography leadership.