Build or launch
Get the structure, economics, people, systems, and controls right before opening or expansion.
Enterprise Risk
U.S.-based · Global reach
Risk Management
Hospitality businesses carry interconnected risks across operations, finance, labor, food safety, facilities, technology, vendors, contracts, security, business continuity, leadership, and reputation. Cole builds a practical risk view around how the business actually operates: identifying exposures, assessing probability and impact, testing existing controls, assigning ownership, establishing escalation thresholds, and creating response and recovery plans. The objective is not a theoretical risk register—it is a management system that helps leaders prevent avoidable failures, respond decisively when incidents occur, and protect enterprise value.
What this work is designed to deliverA prioritized risk framework with accountable owners, stronger controls, tested response plans, and clearer executive visibility before problems become crises.
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Senior expertise.
Practical execution.
Hospitality businesses carry interconnected risks across operations, finance, labor, food safety, facilities, technology, vendors, contracts, security, business continuity, leadership, and reputation. Cole builds a practical risk view around how the business actually operates: identifying exposures, assessing probability and impact, testing existing controls, assigning ownership, establishing escalation thresholds, and creating response and recovery plans. The objective is not a theoretical risk register—it is a management system that helps leaders prevent avoidable failures, respond decisively when incidents occur, and protect enterprise value.
Our operating approachNo seagull management. We can enter at the diagnostic, planning, implementation, stabilization, or ongoing-advisory stage—and remain accountable through execution, adoption, and a sustainable handoff.
Map operational, financial, people, regulatory, safety, technology, vendor, continuity, and reputational exposures across the business.
Assess likelihood, financial and operational impact, velocity, existing controls, and the organization’s current ability to respond.
Prioritize the risks requiring immediate action and distinguish them from items that can be monitored, transferred, insured, or accepted.
Assign accountable owners, escalation thresholds, reporting requirements, decision rights, and executive or board review cadence.
Develop practical prevention, incident-response, crisis-communication, business-continuity, and recovery playbooks.
Test controls and response plans through reviews, scenario exercises, corrective actions, and ongoing risk monitoring.
When to bring us in
Before a decision.
During a transition.
When performance slips.
Fix or stabilize
Step into an urgent gap, stop leakage, restore accountability, and protect the business.
Improve or grow
Strengthen the operating platform before scaling, transacting, refinancing, or adding leadership.
Flexible engagement
Focused project
A defined issue, deliverable, timeline, and implementation plan.
Fractional leadership
Hands-on senior ownership without adding a permanent full-time executive.
Ongoing advisory
Regular operating review, decision support, accountability, and governance.
Step in where it matters