AI & Data Governance, Risk and Compliance

Adopt AI with confidence. Scale it with control.

Ned Knight helps financial services firms and other regulated enterprises govern AI, including the agents now acting on their core systems, and get more value from data they can trust. Senior-led advisory, platform implementation and managed governance, from Dallas, Dubai and Paris.

  • Founded by Ghassan Chkaiban, who built and sold a Platinum Salesforce partner to Publicis Sapient
  • 27 years of data and digital enterprise experience
  • Advise · Implement · Operate, from first assessment to ongoing governance
  • Dallas, Dubai & Paris, serving the United States, Europe and the Gulf
What we do

One partner from first assessment to ongoing operations

Many governance programs stall between the strategy slide and day-to-day operations. We design the program, put the technology in place, and then help you run it, so nothing is lost between phases.

01 · Advise

Advisory & Strategy

Governance that fits your business goals, your risk appetite and the regulations you face.

  • AI & data governance strategy
  • Regulatory readiness and gap assessments
  • Risk management frameworks, including model risk
  • Operating models, policies & controls
Advisory services
02 · Implement

Platforms & Integration

Leading governance platforms, implemented and connected across your data, AI, security and business systems.

  • AI & Privacy Platform Deployment: Automated AI registries, algorithmic impact assessments, privacy workflows (DSAR/consent), risk tiering, and evidence collection
  • Agent Governance & Guardrails: Identity, permissions, guardrails, continuous monitoring, and audit trails for agentic systems
  • Data Catalog, Discovery & Lineage: Automated data discovery, lineage, and quality controls across structured and unstructured data
  • Enterprise System Connectors: Seamless API integration with CRM (Salesforce), ERP (SAP), ServiceNow, and cloud data platforms
Implementation services
03 · Operate

Managed Governance

Ongoing managed services that keep your governance program running, evidenced and improving.

  • Governance program operations
  • Control monitoring & testing
  • Regulatory change management
  • Board and regulator reporting
Managed services
Agentic AI

Govern the agents, not just the models

AI agents no longer just answer questions. They update customer records, trigger payments and draft decisions inside your CRM, ERP and core systems. That makes them a governance question as much as a technology one: which agents exist, what they are allowed to read and change, who approves their actions, and how you prove it to an auditor.

We build agent governance into your program from day one: an inventory of every agent, permissions tied to identity, human approval where the risk warrants it, and an audit trail your regulators will accept. Our roots in enterprise CRM and data platforms mean we understand the systems agents act on, not just the models behind them.

How we govern AI agents

  1. InventoryEvery agent, its owner and the systems it can reach
  2. PermissionsAccess tied to identity, limited to what the task needs
  3. ApprovalHuman sign-off where the risk warrants it
  4. Audit trailEvidence of every action, ready for your regulators
Our offers

Three ways to start

Advise

AI Governance Readiness Assessment

6 weeks · fixed scope

A fixed-scope, 6-week assessment of your AI use, data risks and regulatory exposure, ending in a prioritized roadmap and business case your board can act on.

Implement

Governance Platform Launch

10–12 weeks

Your AI governance platform live in 10–12 weeks: AI registry populated, risk tiering configured, approval workflows running and evidence collection switched on.

Operate

Managed Governance

Monthly service

A monthly service that runs your program: monitoring controls, onboarding new AI systems and agents, tracking regulatory change and reporting to your board.

Free tool

How ready is your AI governance?

Answer ten questions in about two minutes and get an instant maturity score, benchmarked against the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001, with your three priority actions.

Take the scorecard
Capabilities

Where we help

AI Governance

AI inventories, risk tiering, model lifecycle controls and accountability, so AI can be adopted responsibly and at scale.

Agent Governance

Inventories, permissions, guardrails and audit trails for AI agents that act on your business systems.

Data & Privacy Governance

Ownership, stewardship, privacy rights automation (DSAR), consent management, lineage, and data intelligence that keep data compliant, trusted, and findable.

AI & Third-Party Risk Management

Comprehensive AI model risk, continuous agent monitoring, and third-party vendor AI risk assessments built directly into enterprise risk management frameworks.

Regulatory Readiness

Gap assessments and readiness programs for emerging AI laws and established data protection regimes.

Operating Models & Controls

Roles, councils, decision rights, policies and testable controls that link what regulators expect to what your teams do every day.

Our approach

From assessment to ongoing governance

A clear path that turns intentions into lasting capability.

1

Assess

Baseline maturity, AI use, data risks and regulatory exposure.

2

Roadmap

A prioritized plan tied to business value and risk.

3

Implement

Policies, operating model, controls and technology.

4

Integrate

Governance built into data, AI and business workflows.

5

Operate

Managed services that monitor, report and keep improving.

See how we work

Industries

Built for industries where trust is regulated

Financial Services

Banks, insurers, asset managers and fintechs using AI under close supervisory scrutiny. We bring AI and agents into your model risk management framework, strengthen data lineage for regulatory reporting, and prepare you for supervisory expectations on AI.

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Providers, payers, pharma and medtech handling sensitive health data and clinical AI.

Also serving

Technology companies building AI into their products, and energy, telecommunications and public-sector organizations where regulators expect proof of control.

Why Ned Knight

Where business strategy, AI, data, regulation and technology meet

Governance fails when these disciplines work in silos. Our senior-led team and specialist network cover all five, so policy, process and platform work together as one program.

  • Built by an operator. Led by the founder of a Platinum Salesforce partner that grew to 50 people and was acquired by Publicis Sapient.
  • Business first. Governance that speeds up AI and data value instead of slowing it down.
  • Regulation-aware. Practical readiness across U.S., European and Gulf regimes.
  • Platform-Fluent, Ecosystem-Driven. Hands-on implementation of industry-leading governance platforms, selected purely based on technical architecture, regulatory rigor, and client operational fit.
  • Built to last. Managed services that keep programs running and evidenced after the project ends.
Technology partners

Enterprise technology alliances

We actively collaborate and partner with premier enterprise platforms across AI governance, privacy automation, and data trust. Our dedicated implementation practice pairs deep regulatory strategy with certified platform deployment to ensure long-term client success.

We recommend and implement technology based strictly on technical capability, enterprise architecture, and supervisory alignment.

Our technology partners

Regulations & frameworks

Ready for the rules that apply to you

We match your program to the laws and standards that affect your business across the United States, Europe, the Gulf and beyond.

AI regulation & standards

NIST AI RMF Federal Reserve SR 11-7 / OCC 2011-12 (model risk management) NAIC Model Bulletin on the Use of AI Systems by Insurers Texas TRAIGA Colorado AI Act EU AI Act ISO/IEC 42001 DIFC Regulation 10 UAE & Dubai AI guidance Saudi SDAIA AI Ethics Principles

Data protection & security

CCPA / CPRA U.S. state privacy laws HIPAA NYDFS 23 NYCRR Part 500 GDPR EU DORA UAE PDPL DIFC Data Protection Law ADGM Data Protection Regulations Saudi PDPL NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls ISO/IEC 27001 & 27701

Data management

BCBS 239 DAMA-DMBOK DCAM Industry & sector regulations
Insights

Thinking on AI governance

Our offices

Dallas, Dubai and Paris

Headquartered in Dallas, with a Middle East hub in Dubai and a European hub in Paris, we serve clients across the United States, Europe and the Gulf.

North American headquarters

Dallas

Serving clients across the United States and the Americas.

+1 (832) 577-7757

Middle East hub

Dubai

Serving clients across the UAE, the GCC and the wider region.

+971 55 142 5641

European hub

Paris

Serving clients across France and the European Union.

+33 6 88 55 46 10

Ready to govern AI with confidence?

Tell us where you are today. We'll help you work out what comes next, starting with a focused readiness assessment.