Cohesive governance.
Governance often fails when design and implementation is fragmented across multiple specialist consultants or compliance initiatives. This produces disconnected systems that cannot be sustained operationally.
The single-architect model ensures:
• End-to-end accountability
• Integrated governance architecture
• Consistent leadership partnership
• Governance designed for commercial sustainability
• Faster and more coherent transformation
This work is deliberately designed around a single accountable architect responsible for investigation, design, implementation, and verification.
Jonathan Main
Governance Architect &
Executive Crisis Contractor
Jonathan is an executive generalist specialising in stabilising organisations operating under regulatory scrutiny, operational escalation, or structural fragility.
He is typically engaged when leadership needs governance infrastructure that protects trust, restores control, and enables continued growth without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Across multiple industries and jurisdictions, his work focuses on environments where governance failure carries immediate external consequence.
Experience inside high-consequence industries.
Jonathan’s governance and operational leadership experience spans sectors where performance failure carries material external impact, including:
• Energy and energy-linked manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, commodities, automotive
• Global logistics, transport and aviation
• Industrial and infrastructure-linked operations
• Technology and regulated multi-jurisdictional start-ups
• Global manufacturing and supply chain environments
His work has been delivered across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americas, often within multi-site, regulator-exposed, or contractor-intensive operating models.
'You think governance is expensive?
Try rebuilding brand credibility.'
- Jonathan Main
'The worst governance mistake?
Starting too late.'
'The most expensive governance decision is wating.'
- Jonathan Main
Jonathan’s governance philosophy is shaped by operating directly inside organisations during periods of escalation, crisis, and transformation.
He is known for:
• Rapid diagnosis of structural and governance fragility
• Restoring disciplined operating models in unstable environments
• Rebuilding confidence with boards, regulators, insurers, and investors
• Designing governance systems that leadership teams can operate sustainably
• Integrating risk, operational execution, and commercial strategy into unified governance architecture
His work consistently focuses on ensuring governance strengthens execution rather than competing with it.
It's governance leadership teams can operate, maintain, and evolve without slowing the business down.
Governance built from operational reality.
Cross-disciplinary governance expertise.
Jonathan’s experience integrates governance disciplines that are often delivered in isolation, including:
• Enterprise risk and internal control frameworks
• Operational and safety governance
• Information security and data privacy governance
• ESG and sustainability governance
• Audit, assurance, and regulatory compliance
• Performance and operational governance
He holds multiple international governance, audit, and risk certifications and has led global governance programmes across multi-jurisdictional organisations.
'Integrated systems is the only sustainable form of governance.'
- Jonathan Main
'Believe in your project. Buy yourself peace of mind, not a piece of someone else's.'
- Jonathan Main
Jonathan typically works directly alongside executive and operational leadership teams, focusing on:
• Supporting leadership transition from from control to institutional oversight
• Facilitating governance adoption across operational environments
• Aligning governance architecture with organisational culture
• Building accountability structures leadership teams rely on
This work is delivered through direct engagement rather than detached consulting or template-driven programmes.
Governance transition requires leadership partnership.
Governance architecture is built through judgement and accountability.
Jonathan holds advanced qualifications in finance, audit, and governance and maintains international professional memberships across risk, audit, and information systems governance disciplines.
He operates internationally and works fluently across multicultural and multi-jurisdictional environments.
Organisations typically engage this work when governance failure would carry material external consequence and requires experienced intervention.
If your organisation is approaching that threshold, the next step is a direct conversation.