Phenomlab Ltd

Phenomlab is a UK-based consultancy providing senior, founder-led fractional CTO and CISO leadership to organisations operating where technology and security decisions carry material business risk. It works with founders, executives, and boards who are navigating increasing complexity, regulatory scrutiny, or growth-related strain, often at points where existing structures no longer provide sufficient clarity or control. Engagements typically begin when decisions become harder to explain, ownership of risk has blurred, or confidence in existing arrangements is starting to erode. Phenomlab’s role is to restore alignment between business priorities, technology strategy, and security governance. This is done through calm, experienced judgement rather than process-heavy consultancy models. The focus is on making decisions explicit, defining clear accountability, and establishing governance that leaders can stand behind when challenged by regulators, auditors, customers, or investors. Work is deliberately practical and proportionate. Phenomlab does not pursue theoretical best practice for its own sake, nor does it introduce unnecessary frameworks or tooling. Instead, it helps organisations implement structures, controls, and operating models that are appropriate for their real risk profile, regulatory obligations, and stage of maturity. Engagements may include interim or fractional leadership, regulatory readiness and remediation, technology and security governance design, risk and control ownership clarity, and decision support during periods of change, incident response, or external scrutiny. The emphasis is always on stability, continuity, and momentum without disruption. Phenomlab is not positioned as an external authority issuing recommendations from a distance. It operates as an embedded senior partner, working closely with leadership teams to ensure decisions are understood, owned, and defensible. The outcome is not more activity, but clearer direction, reduc