Our Services
Data Governance Consultancy
Clear ownership, trusted data, compliance you can evidence.
We design and embed data governance frameworks for UK central government, arm's length bodies and regulated financial institutions, so that every significant data asset has a named owner, measurable quality, and a compliance position that stands up to audit.
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Overview
Most data governance programmes fail for the same reason: they produce a policy document that nobody uses. Governance only works when it is operational, when a named person is accountable for a dataset, when quality is measured against a published standard, and when the governance board sees the same numbers every month. Mayfair IT Consultancy builds governance that way round. We start from the decisions your organisation is struggling to make and work back to the ownership, quality rules, metadata and controls needed to support them. Our consultants have worked inside large public sector data programmes, so the frameworks we design fit how departments are actually funded, assured and audited, rather than assuming a greenfield estate and unlimited change capacity.
What we deliver
Key Capabilities
- 01Data governance framework design: policy, standards and operating model
- 02Ownership models covering accountable owners, stewards and custodians
- 03Data quality rules, measurement and reporting against agreed thresholds
- 04Data catalogues, business glossaries and metadata management
- 05UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 compliance mapping
- 06Information asset registers, retention schedules and records management
- 07Data sharing agreements and cross-departmental interoperability
- 08Governance board design, reporting packs and maturity assessment
Our Approach
How we work.
- 1
Assess
We baseline your current governance against a recognised maturity model, review existing policy, and identify which data assets carry the most risk and the most value.
- 2
Define
We agree a proportionate target framework with you: ownership, decision rights, quality standards, and the controls needed for your regulatory obligations.
- 3
Operationalise
We stand up the catalogue, glossary, quality measures and reporting, and work with named owners so that governance becomes part of business as usual rather than a parallel process.
- 4
Sustain
We hand over documented processes, train your data stewards, and leave a governance forum that can make decisions without us in the room.
Evidence & Reading
Related case studies and reading.
- Case studyONS: Integrated Data Service and Reference Data Management Framework
- Case studyUK IPO: ONE IPO master data and data governance
- InsightGovernment data governance: ownership, quality and compliance
- InsightCompliance-led information governance consultancy explained
See how our services come together for government in public sector consultancy.
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