ABOUT LENA ADVISORY
Built on experience. Focused on results.
Lena Advisory was built on a simple belief: advisory and talent placement both work better when the person doing them has done the work themselves.
WHY WE EXIST
Most GRC consulting ends with a report. Most GRC recruiting ends with a keyword match. Neither solves the problem. We built Lena Advisory to do both differently.
We specialize in Cyber GRC, Technology Risk, and Third-Party Risk, with 20+ years of hands-on experience building, recovering, and maturing these programs at regulated financial institutions and Fortune 500 organizations. We have sat in the CISO, CIO and CRO teams, governed these programs from the inside, and understand what it takes to make them hold up under audit, regulatory, and board scrutiny.
The same practitioner depth that informs our consulting work is what makes our talent placement different. We assess candidates the way the best hiring managers do – not by keywords, but by understanding what the role actually requires.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Our operating principles.
Outcome-driven - we measure success by what holds up in practice, not what looks good on paper
Straight talk – we tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear
Specialist by design – we stay narrow so we can stay deep
Exclusively focused – Cyber GRC, Technology Risk, and Third-Party Risk only. Depth over breadth
100% say-do mindset – if we commit to it, we deliver it
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Six domains. The specific problems our clients hire us to solve.
Cyber GRC
Governance, risk, and compliance program build, design and maturation.
Technology Risk
IT and technology risk frameworks, controls, and oversight.
Third-Party Risk
TPRM program build, vendor risk assessments, and ongoing monitoring.
SOX ITGC & Compliance
Readiness, testing, and remediation for pre-IPO and public companies.
Regulatory Remediation
MRA and finding resolution that closes gaps durably.
Information Security Governance
Policy frameworks, control design, and board-level reporting.
SMALL IS A FEATURE
Small is a feature, not a limitation.
Large advisory firms assign junior staff to senior engagements. Generic recruiters move volume. We do neither. When you engage Lena Advisory, you work directly with someone who has done this work - not a project manager coordinating people who have.
We stay small on purpose. It means every client gets the same standard of attention and the same level of expertise. No bait-and-switch. No hand-off to a junior team.
LET'S TALK.
Tell us what you are working on and we will tell you if we can help.
Let's Connect
415.938.7475
info@lenaadvisory.com
