Governance that holds up.
SustainGRC is an AI-native governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform for integrated risk management, sustainability and operational resilience. It helps organisations manage enterprise and cyber risk, run internal audit, test controls, govern AI, withstand disruption and report on sustainability — giving boards evidence that holds up, all on one system of record.
Built by experts who've been in your shoes
Dr. Ahmed Shawky
Founder & CEO, SustainGRC
SustainGRC was founded in London in 2022 by Dr Ahmed Shawky, after two decades in Big Four assurance, internal audit and board-level governance. As a risk management professional and Chief Audit Executive, his job was to decide whether a number could be trusted — and to keep asking one question of everything: how do you know?
He kept finding that financial data could answer it and non-financial data could not. So he studied why. His doctorate examined why sustainability reporting and disclosure so often fails to prevent greenwashing, drawing on in-depth interviews with board members, professionals and assurance providers across several countries. The finding was consistent: the governance beneath non-financial data is poorly defined, boards underestimate what assurance requires, and the data was never built to be believed.
SustainGRC is the answer he built — the infrastructure he wished he had in every audit committee he sat in, holding non-financial data to the standard the profession has always applied to money.
Our Purpose
Every organisation runs two versions of itself — the one that exists, and the one on paper. For financial data, a century of controls, lineage and evidence keeps the two aligned, and a board can trust what it is handed. For everything else — emissions, risk, the control said to be operating, the supplier said to be assured — that reconciliation never happened. The data can be asserted, but not proven. We exist to close that gap: to give non-financial data the means to be re-walked, checked and believed by someone who wasn't in the room. Assertion is priced as risk. Evidence is priced as trust.
Our Approach
One platform, built on a single governed data model — not a set of tools stitched together. Collect once; report everywhere.
One governed source of truth: Every figure enters once and carries its owner, timestamp, lineage and evidence from the moment it lands. Report to every framework, board and regulator without re-keying.
Validated at entry, not at reporting season: Quality and integrity are scored the moment data arrives, not scrambled for at year-end. Every record is audit-ready by default.
AI proposes, humans confirm, the system records both: AI carries the load; it never carries the judgement. It never computes a final score or advances a decision on its own — and every proposal and every human decision is recorded.
We believe in Our Values
Doing the right thing
We prioritize ethical behaviour and integrity.
Innovating for a better tomorrow
We are committed to innovation as a means of driving positive change.
Aiming high
We set ambitious goals and push the boundaries of what's possible.
Making a positive impact
Environmental and social responsibility is core to our identity.
Respecting each other
We value diversity and foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and valued.
Aiming high
We set ambitious goals and push the boundaries of what’s possible.
The standard we hold
We hold non-financial data to the standard the profession has always applied to money — and never, until now, to anything else. When your data can withstand scrutiny, so can the decisions you build on it.
Our Team
Built by experts who've been in your shoes
Dr. Ahmed Shawky
Founder & CEO
Sustainability tech pioneer, assurance and governance expert who founded SustainGRC to transform how organisations manage ESG data, leveraging 20+ years of Big4 and enterprise experience to make sustainability and GRC data as credible and actionable as financial data.
Simon Whitburn
VP of Sales & Revenue
Global sales and revenue leader with 20+ years’ experience scaling go-to-market strategies internationally. Brings deep expertise across GRC, and ESG technology, building high-performing teams and commercial frameworks that drive sustainable growth.
Mohamed Eraky
VP of Product & Operations
Product and technology leader with 20+ years building scalable AI-powered platforms. Turns complex challenges into intuitive enterprise solutions that drive business outcomes.
Carla Watt
Chief of Staff
Commercial and operational leader with over 20 years' experience. Brings deep BD expertise, a broad network and the operational grip to turn commercial strategy into execution.
Mohamed Elagamy
AI Governance Practice Lead
20+ years of enterprise transformation with deep expertise in AI governance, programme delivery, and emerging technology adoption. Former IBM Quantum Ambassador, delivering hybrid AI-quantum programmes for global financial institutions.
Ihab ElSherif
Head of Marketing
16+ years leading growth and brand strategy across SaaS, fintech and enterprise B2B in Egypt and the GCC. Professor in Practice in AI Marketing Strategy, connecting marketing, data and revenue.
Marwa Tharwat
People & Compliance Manager
10+ years building HR and talent functions across technology, healthcare and international organisations. Leads people operations, agreements and the compliance calendar at SustainGRC.
Ziad Maged
Engineering Lead
7 years building enterprise software, including integrated risk management platforms. Leads backend engineering, platform security and delivery, so that SustainGRC stands up to regulated, enterprise-scale deployment.
Setaita Rokodrava
Growth Executive
Full-cycle B2B sales at Native, after four years in portfolio management and retention at Barclaycard Payments. Leads SustainGRC's outbound pipeline, opening conversations with audit, risk and compliance leaders.
Strategic Counsel
Practitioners who have sat on the other side of the table, and who challenge what we build before the market sees it.
Professor Ioannis Ioannou
Sustainability & Strategy
Associate Professor at London Business School and a leading voice on sustainability leadership and corporate responsibility, known for pioneering research on ESG integration and sustainable business strategy.
- London Business School · Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- Research cited across ESG integration and corporate performance
- Adviser to boards and institutional investors on sustainability strategy
- Regular contributor to global sustainability policy debate
David Hill
Internal Audit & Risk Management
Four decades in risk and internal audit, including tenure as a Chief Executive. He is known for turning around underperforming functions, building risk frameworks boards rely on, and advancing the profession's standards of quality and assurance
- Global Beacon Award winner, 2022 — one of twelve worldwide
- Top 25 Global Influencer in internal audit, 2023, 2024 and 2025
- J J Morris Award, 2025 — Chartered IIA's highest honour for sustained contribution to the profession
- Former Chief Executive · risk frameworks, strategic risk and audit analytics
Paul De Luca
Cyber & Business Resilience
Deep experience in information and cyber security risk, resilience and assurance across banking, insurance, technology and critical infrastructure, with supervisory relationships spanning regulators in dozens of jurisdictions. Advises SustainGRC on cyber risk quantification and boards decisions on risk.
Sarah Schaefer
Sustainability & Public Policy
Senior sustainability and public affairs leader across government and global business, and a former UK Government Special Adviser. She has led sustainability at Wrightbus, Electrolux, Unilever and Mars, and has engaged governments, the UN and the EU on regulation and policy. Advises SustainGRC on sustainability solutions, regulatory direction and market positioning.
Work on things that have to hold up.
We are the intelligence infrastructure behind the record boards, auditors and regulators rely on — across sustainability, risk and audit, cyber and resilience, board governance and AI governance.