Beanstalk & Co
Ideas worth growing.
Changes worth making.
We help leaders build, fix, transform and scale organisations through simpler operations, stronger controls and practical technology. We also develop ventures that solve meaningful problems.
Founded by Don Farineau. More than 30 years across financial, government and consumer services, building and operating businesses and enabling trust through assurance.
Meet Don ↗Our focus
Three ways to create change.
Studio
Imagine. Build. Grow.
We develop, build and invest in businesses that solve meaningful problems and make better choices easier.
Advisory
Ideas into action.
Practical leadership to redesign operations, strengthen risk and controls, and turn technology into value.
Impact
Make change possible.
Philanthropic initiatives and partnerships that bring people, businesses and causes together.
Experience behind the work
Practical experience.
Relevant to your challenge.
Leadership across operations, technology, risk and assurance, drawn from Don Farineau’s executive and consulting roles.
London Stock Exchange GroupRisk, Resiliency, and Anti-Financial Crime Utilities
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Led third-party assurance, operational resilience, business continuity, customer assurance and anti-financial crime capabilities. Implemented a non-financial control assurance function and brought together customer-centred operating models, control utilities, governance, automation and transformation delivery.
Connecting service delivery, resilience, controls and change.
Moody’s RatingsIT, Cyber and AI Risk Governance
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Developed the ICT Risk Management Policy and Standard to support DORA compliance. Provided second-line oversight of technology, information security, data risk and artificial intelligence use cases.
Policy, standards and oversight grounded in the operating environment.
Deutsche BankTechnology Risk & Control and GRC Implementation
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Led global technology risk and controls and served as Chief Technology Officer for the Americas. Drove large-scale regulatory remediation. Combined dynamic application risk scoring, integrated governance and control automation to prioritise remediation and give leaders a clearer view of technology risk.
Risk intelligence that supports targeted action and technology stability.
Fannie MaeOperations and Technology's Risk, Controls & CISO
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Led first-line operational and technology risk, controls, business continuity, disaster recovery, software quality and cybersecurity. Introduced continuous control testing and monitoring, a cybersecurity improvement roadmap and a risk-based approach to software delivery.
Connecting operational resilience, controls and technology delivery.
Fannie MaeInformation Technology Audit & Data Analytics
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Led a 30-person technology audit function covering IT, cybersecurity, data and major implementations. Introduced continuous monitoring and dynamic audit planning, reporting emerging risks and audit results to executive leadership and the Audit Committee.
Risk-based assurance focused on emerging risks and clear accountability.
KPMGInformation Risk Management Audit and Advisory
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As a partner, built and led multidisciplinary technology audit, cybersecurity, privacy, business continuity and risk advisory engagements across the public and private sectors. Helped develop continuous-monitoring methods and technology implementation approaches.
Multidisciplinary assurance and advisory leadership.
Our approach
Progress that
keeps improving.
Build, fix, transform and scale products, processes and operating models through a continuous cycle of action, evidence and learning.
Thrive
Understand
Start with the outcome. Understand the people, the problem, the risks and what success would look like.
Perspectives
Different perspectives. Better possibilities.
What would you like to make better?
Bring a business challenge, a venture idea or a cause worth supporting. Let’s find a useful next step.