Armstrong Wolfe Solutions
AI Advisory & Delivery for Front-Line (1LOD) Controls
What we do
Armstrong Wolfe Solutions helps financial services firms embed AI safely and effectively into first-line-of-defence controls – the point where risk is actually managed, not just monitored. Drawing on Armstrong Wolfe’s unrivalled access to the global COO, business management, and risk & controls community, we connect firms to the practitioners who have already solved these problems, and place interim expertise to help solve them faster.
Why Armstrong Wolfe
- Community, not just consultancy: Direct access to the iCOOC, WCOOC, COO Exchange and COO Academy networks means we know which firms are ahead on AI-enabled controls, and can bring that thinking to you.
- Practitioner-led, not theoretical: Our interim pool is built from COOs and controls leaders who have implemented these changes themselves — not generalist AI consultants.
- 1LOD focus: We specialise in where AI adds real control value: transaction surveillance, control testing, exception management, and control attestation — not generic ‘AI strategy.’
- Peer benchmarking built in: Membership access lets clients see how peers are approaching AI in controls, reducing the risk of getting it wrong in isolation.
The Offer
| Diagnostic | Rapid assessment of current 1LOD control processes and AI-readiness, benchmarked against network peers. |
| Design | Target operating model for AI-augmented controls — scope, governance, and control ownership. |
| Interim Delivery | Practitioner-led interim resource to build, test, and embed the new capability. |
| Ongoing Assurance | Access to the wider membership network for continued benchmarking and capability refresh. |
A diagnostic and delivery capability to design, resource, and embed AI-augmented 1LOD controls – backed by a network no competitor can replicate.
Our alumni & global network
Those invited to join our wider alumni network are either transitioning between permanent roles or have committed themselves to a second career in an advisory or consulting capacity. Joining the network is by application, invitation or referral, each applicant is interviewed, and references secured before appointment.
Post successful assessment, alumni are offered individual iCOOC membership, allowing them to attend selected forums and symposiums, and receive AW articles and periodicals.
Members of the network can be offered an opportunity to be appointed an Armstrong Wolfe Business Advisor, giving them full membership rights in return for supporting the Company’s activities, such as participating in forums as a panellist or in the provision of content. This approach to managing and supporting our network ensures its members remain relevant and up to date on market demands, subjects, and dynamics.
For further information on our Alumni offering please contact in the first instance Will Parry, Business Manager to the CEO, Advisory and Alumni, Armstrong Wolfe.
1LOD Risk & Controls & Business Management
Operating model authentication.
We work with the CCO and COO to review, design and implement solutions, leveraging our expertise to address organisational challenges in business management.
We are uniquely positioned to connect you with iCOOC peers, offering insights into your non-proprietary organisational challenges. Additionally, we provide access to our global network of interim business management alumni for advisory services, including model design, governance reviews, and project and program execution.
Within talent management, we draft mandates, conduct candidate assessments, and shortlist immediately available talent to support executive hiring.
Diverse Expertise, Unmatched Depth
“Financial services firms are under pressure to bring AI into the first line of defence, where risk is actually managed, not just monitored, and most are unsure how to do it safely. Armstrong Wolfe Solutions exists to close that gap. Through short term consulting engagements with clearly defined outcomes, we connect firms to the practitioners who have already solved these problems.”
Justin Whitehouse, CEO Armstrong Wolfe Solutions
