The people behind the programme
Every engagement led by a founder. No junior analysts. No handoffs.
The people behind EAIC
EAIC deliberately operates without a large bench of junior consultants. Every Sentinel engagement is led by Declan or Austin — not handed off to analysts after the first meeting. That constraint is intentional: board-level governance work requires board-level experience, and the clients we work with can tell the difference.
As EAIC grows, this page will introduce the wider team. We hire practitioners — people who have delivered transformation inside regulated organisations, not just advised on it from the outside. If that describes you, we'd like to hear from you.
The founders
"I spent 20 years watching AI and technology outpace governance inside large, complex organisations. EAIC exists because established regulated firms deserve a proportionate, practical answer to that gap — not a Big 4 bill and not another dashboard."
Declan brings 20+ years of enterprise transformation experience across financial services, energy, logistics, gaming and retail — including C-suite advisory at HSBC and multiple FTSE 100 organisations. His background is in programme governance, systems thinking, and operating in environments where accountability without evidence is not acceptable.
In every Sentinel engagement, Declan leads the client relationship, the scope negotiation, and the board delivery. Clients do not deal with a project manager — they deal with the person who designed the methodology.
In engagements
Client relationship, scope, board delivery, methodology oversight.
Background
FS, energy, logistics, gaming, retail. HSBC and FTSE 100 C-suite advisory.
"Risk scores without monetary values are opinions. The Sentinel Capital Allocation Engine exists because governance that cannot answer 'what does this cost if it goes wrong?' is not governance — it's paperwork."
Austin built the financial architecture that makes Sentinel commercially distinctive. His background spans capital allocation, operational delivery, and the commercial structuring of complex programmes in constrained environments. He brings the discipline that stops governance work becoming open-ended and the conviction that every AI risk should carry a monetary value before it reaches a board.
In engagements, Austin runs the financial modelling, the exposure quantification, and the Citadel configuration — the operational delivery layer that turns findings into a live governance programme.
In engagements
Financial modelling, exposure quantification, Citadel configuration, operational delivery.
Background
Capital allocation, commercial structuring, operational programme delivery.
How we staff engagements
Every Sentinel engagement is led by a founder from kick-off to Citadel go-live. There is no moment in the engagement where client contact transfers to a project manager, a junior analyst, or a delivery team that was not in the room at the start.
Where we bring in specialist support — for deep technical implementation, legal interpretation, or sector-specific control design — we remain accountable for the governance methodology and the operating model. Specialists extend capability. They do not dilute accountability.
Scope, commercial terms, board delivery, and final sign-off — always the CEO.
Exposure modelling, capital allocation engine, and Citadel go-live.
Governance work requires judgment. Judgment is not a graduate skill.
Every engagement is treated as confidential from first contact.
A Sentinel Diagnostic takes one day and starts at £3,500. Most clients find more than 100× that figure in risk exposure and automation opportunity.
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