What WESTBOURNE does

Westbourne is a London-headquartered boutique risk consultancy specializing in operational resilience, third-party risk management, business continuity and crisis management, and Red Team services for regulated financial services firms. The firm delivers consulting engagements rather than software products, drawing on methodologies aligned with FCA, PRA, and Bank of England regulations, and explicitly targeting banks, payment networks, and FS firms in the UK, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Switzerland. Its service portfolio spans Important Business Services definition, Impact Tolerances, Dependency Mapping, Scenario Testing, third-party risk frameworks (including cloud and SaaS provider risk), business continuity programme development, and live Red Team simulations covering fraud, AML control bypass, and physical security breaches. Westbourne monetizes through professional services engagements sold via direct enterprise consulting, with no publicly disclosed pricing or productized software offering.

The company is led by Managing Director Michael Walford-Williams, who brings 15+ years of risk leadership at UBS, Barclays, and Visa, and the firm markets itself on practitioner credibility and 'next-generation' methodologies including Red Team activities that extend beyond traditional penetration testing. Operating with a team of approximately 12 employees across bases in the UK, US, Singapore, and Hong Kong, Westbourne has positioned itself as a senior-practitioner-led advisory serving global regulated FS clients. The firm holds a corporate membership in the UK Association of Professional Compliance Consultants (APCC) and has a content partnership with FinTech Compliance, both used as channels for thought leadership and regulatory intelligence. Westbourne is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no institutional investors identified in the source data.

Name

WESTBOURNE

Legal name

Westbourne

Website

https://westbourneglobal.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Westbourne is a London-headquartered boutique risk consultancy serving regulated financial services firms globally. It delivers operational resilience, third-party risk, business continuity, and Red Team consulting across the UK, US, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Services Risk Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Advisory (BPAHAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business Continuity, Crisis Management & Resilience Planning (BPAKADAI), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ), Risk Management Consulting (Enterprise & Operational Risk) (FSAEADAG)

Keywords

• Operational resilience consulting
• Third party risk management
• Business continuity services
• Crisis management advisory
• Red team testing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Risk Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting services delivered to regulated financial services firms, encompassing Operational Resilience programmes, Third Party Risk Management frameworks, Business Continuity planning, Crisis Management, and Red Team activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Westbourne is a risk consultancy providing professional services to regulated financial services firms across Operational Resilience, Third Party Risk Management, Business Continuity & Crisis Management, and Red Team activities. Engagements are delivered as consulting programmes including framework design, programme implementation, scenario testing, and independent assurance, aligned to UK FCA, PRA, and Bank of England requirements and equivalent global financial regulators.

Product overview

Westbourne is a risk consultancy offering a unified portfolio of professional services for the financial services industry. The core offerings include Operational Resilience (with sub-components for Important Business Services, Impact Tolerances, Dependency Mapping, and Scenario Testing), Business Continuity & Crisis Management, Third Party Risk Management, and Red Team Activities. These services are delivered as consulting engagements rather than software products, with the firm providing frameworks, processes, and expert-led testing to help regulated firms meet regulatory requirements and enhance operational resilience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Operational Resilience Comprehensive Operational Resilience programme implementation including Important Business Services definition, Impact Tolerances, Dependency Mapping, Scenario Testing, Self-Assessment, Policy & Framework development, and independent Assurance services to meet FCA, PRA & Bank of England regulations. Designed for regulated financial services firms seeking to enhance resilience against extreme disruptions.
• Business Continuity & Crisis Management Business continuity planning and global business continuity programme development, drawing on 15 years of real crisis management experience from major incidents including terrorism and natural disasters, with dynamic and realistic crisis exercises. Targeted at regulated financial services firms needing tested continuity and crisis plans.
• Third Party Risk Management Full third party risk management programme covering scoping, risk assessment, due diligence, contracting, ongoing monitoring, and exit planning, meeting global financial regulatory requirements in the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Switzerland, including management of cloud infrastructure and SaaS provider risks. Targeted at regulated financial services firms.
• Red Team Activities Next-generation ethical hacking focusing on challenging processes, key controls, and physical security through live real-time simulations including fraud (supplier payments, margin/collateral payments, expense fraud), money laundering control bypass, and physical security breach testing. Delivered for regulated financial services firms seeking assurance beyond traditional penetration testing.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• FinTech ComplianceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 August 2022Managing Director Michael Walford-Williams teamed up with FinTech Compliance to share views on Operational Resilience, regulatory expectations, and compliance versus resilience considerations. Collaborative thought leadership initiative.
• The Association Of Professional Compliance Consultants (APCC)minorOthersWestbourne was admitted as a corporate member firm to the APCC in the UK. Membership aims to provide closer engagement with regulators, early insight on new regulations, and better service to regulated clients.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Protiviti: Global consulting firm with a large risk and compliance practice serving financial services clients on operational resilience, third-party risk, and internal audit — directly overlapping Westbourne's service lines but with vastly greater scale and bench.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Global professional services firm with risk and regulatory advisory practices serving financial institutions on resilience, restructuring, and controls, comparable in service scope though operating at larger scale.
• FTI Consulting: Major advisory firm with a dedicated risk and compliance practice serving regulated financial institutions on resilience, crisis management, and regulatory readiness, overlapping with Westbourne's enterprise risk and crisis work.
• PwC Risk Practice: Big 4 firm with major financial services risk, regulatory, and resilience practices — the default incumbent against which boutiques like Westbourne compete in enterprise RFPs.
• EY-Parthenon (EY Risk practice): Big 4 risk and regulatory practice offering operational resilience, third-party risk, and crisis services to financial institutions — same buyer, broader portfolio, much larger scale.
• Kroll: Global risk consultancy with financial services risk advisory, investigations, and red team-adjacent services that compete for similar enterprise mandates.

Emerging players

• NCC Group: Cybersecurity and resilience specialist with red team/ethical hacking capabilities that overlap with Westbourne's Red Team service, though primarily focused on technical rather than process/physical testing.
• FS Strategy Ltd: Smaller UK specialist advisory focused on financial services regulatory and operational resilience work, comparable in scale and target segment to Westbourne.

Direct peers

• Control Risks: Specialist risk consultancy with strong overlap in operational resilience, crisis management, third-party risk, and red team/physical security testing for financial services clients.
• Baringa Partners: UK-based independent consultancy with deep financial services risk, compliance, and operational resilience expertise, competing for similar FCA/PRA-aligned mandates at a similar boutique scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/westbourne-consulting-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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