Corporate Assist provides experienced, hands-on support to Boards, committees and internal teams that need additional capacity across governance, compliance, risk and project delivery.
We work alongside existing teams and specialist advisers, helping bring structure to complex information, coordinate detailed work and maintain the records, frameworks and documentation needed to support effective oversight and decision-making.
Support is practical and tailored to each organisation. Whether the requirement is professional minute-taking, governance support, compliance and risk activity or a defined project, we take time to understand how the organisation works and agree where Corporate Assist can add useful capacity.
Hi, I’m Amy Duffy, the founder of Corporate Assist.
I set up Corporate Assist because I like order, structure and understanding how things fit together. Give me a mass of information, an unclear process or something that needs organising and my instinct is to create a framework, work out what is missing and make it easier to manage.
I am naturally inquisitive and love learning how things work. When I am working in a new area, I will often research the wider subject so that I understand the context and the reasons behind what I am doing. It helps me ask better questions, make connections and understand what the people I am working with actually need.
My background includes company secretarial and compliance experience within a FTSE 350 business and Lloyd’s of London insurance syndicate, where I worked as part of a small team in a highly regulated City environment. My role was broad and included some of the more niche areas of insurance compliance. My company secretarial training also gave me a grounding in corporate governance, Board and committee arrangements, company administration and financial reporting.
One of the reasons I established Corporate Assist was that I wanted the opportunity to work with a wider range of organisations. I enjoy variety and getting to understand different businesses, sectors and ways of working. That might mean supporting a Board, helping a Risk team with a risk register, mapping regulatory requirements, supporting an HR investigation or bringing together information from different teams for a project.
I particularly value the trust clients place in me. Much of my work involves confidential or sensitive information, and I enjoy understanding the detail and seeing what happens as a result. I might help with a problem or change, put structure around the information or process, and then see how that work feeds through into reporting and decision-making. Seeing experienced people consider the information, challenge assumptions and adapt when circumstances change is one of the things I find most interesting about my work.
I am comfortable working with Boards and senior leaders, but equally comfortable with the people involved in the day-to-day detail. Many of my client relationships are long-standing, so I get to know their organisations, people, terminology and ways of working. When they need additional help, I can get up to speed quickly rather than starting from scratch.
Away from Corporate Assist, I am a Governor at a local primary school. I really enjoy the role, not least because it gives me another opportunity to learn, ask questions and see governance from a different perspective.
If you need additional experienced capacity for governance, compliance, risk, project work or professional minute-taking, get in touch to discuss your requirements.