About Cambridge Risk Solutions

Cambridge Risk Solutions helps organisations navigate uncertainty with clarity and confidence. Led by Helen Molyneux, we take a calm, practical and human approach to resilience, governance and risk, helping you stay steady when it matters most.

A Human‑Centred Consultancy

Helen’s background spans Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Information Security, Data Protection and wider organisational resilience. Throughout her career, she has prioritised one core principle: clarity enables confidence. Risk management is often buried beneath jargon, frameworks and unnecessary formality. Helen’s approach removes that weight and replaces it with steady, structured, plain‑English guidance that people understand instantly.

Clients frequently describe her work as calm, grounded and reassuring. She listens first, interprets quickly and translates complex ideas into clear, practical steps. This human‑centred style means that plans, frameworks and governance systems aren’t just compliant — they are usable.

Because the business is intentionally small, clients receive direct access to an experienced practitioner rather than rotating consultants or subcontracted teams. This continuity leads to stronger relationships and deeper understanding. Many clients have worked with Helen for 10 to 12 years or more, returning for support as their organisations change, grow or face new challenges. Those long‑term partnerships are a defining part of what Cambridge Risk Solutions offers: stability, trust and consistency in a field where those qualities are essential.

Our Philosophy

Everything we do is shaped by a small set of guiding principles:

Clarity over complexity.
Risk and resilience do not need to be intimidating. We believe in clear language, honest conversations and practical insights.

Proportionate solutions.
The right level of documentation, structure and governance depends on the organisation. We tailor every engagement to your scale, maturity and operational reality.

Confidence, not compliance for its own sake.
A document that people don’t use is not a solution. Our work focuses on developing genuine capability, not checking boxes.

Real‑world relevance.
Organisations need arrangements that work when someone’s away, when systems fail or when decisions need to be made under pressure. Everything we build reflects those conditions.

Partnership, not prescription.
We don’t impose rigid frameworks. We work collaboratively, building understanding and supporting teams to make good decisions.

How We Work

Each organisation is unique, and our approach is shaped around your context:

We start by understanding how your organisation works day to day — not how a theoretical model assumes it works.
We listen carefully, drawing out priorities, pressures and concerns.
We focus on proportionate solutions, avoiding unnecessary administration.
We write clearly, in accessible language your teams will actually use.
We support implementation, training and long‑term review if needed.

Our clients value the calm, relationship‑led nature of this work. Because we maintain long‑term partnerships, we often support organisations through multiple phases of maturity — from initial capability‑building to deeper integration across governance, risk and resilience.

Qualifications & Credentials Block:

Lead Auditor — ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management)
Lead Auditor — ISO 27001 (Information Security Management)
Certified Data Protection Officer
BSc (Hons) in International Disaster Engineering and Management — Coventry University
MSc in Risk, Crisis & Disaster Management — University of Leicester
Audit experience with BSI Management Systems, NQA, and SGS UK

Helen began her career in risk and resilience in 2001, joining North Yorkshire County Council as an Emergency Planning Officer. She went on to gain further experience in emergency planning with a London Borough before moving into the private sector, joining the Business Continuity Management team within Wealth Management at Barclays Bank.

Prior to co-founding Cambridge Risk Solutions, Helen held a management role in the IT Security division of Accenture — an experience that deepened her expertise in information security and enterprise risk. Earlier in her career, Helen worked as an inorganic research chemist at Unilever and served as an officer in the Territorial Army, completing four tours in the Balkans.

This breadth of experience — spanning military service, scientific research, financial services, local government, and global consulting — gives Helen an unusually well-rounded perspective on risk and resilience, and underpins the practical, commercially aware solutions she delivers for clients.

A Selection of Helen’s Project Work

Project List:

ISO 27001 certification achieved for organisations in healthcare, financial services, technology, transport, manufacturing, testing, and print services
ISO 22301 certification achieved for organisations in manufacturing, healthcare, domiciliary care, print services, and logistics and fulfilment
Business Continuity Management programmes implemented across manufacturing, finance, pharmaceutical, NHS, and transport sectors
Data Protection Officer services provided to organisations in the healthcare and energy sectors
Information Security Management Systems developed to comply with the Smart Energy Code Security Control Framework

Why Organisations Choose Cambridge Risk Solutions

The most common answer, when we ask clients how they found us, is referral. A former colleague who worked with us at a previous organisation. A peer who mentioned us in conversation. Someone who had been through an ISO certification or a crisis exercise with us and knew what to expect.

That pattern matters. It means the relationships we build are based on the quality of the work rather than the size of a marketing budget. And it means clients arrive with realistic expectations — which is exactly where good consultancy relationships start.

What clients tell us they value most is consistency. They know who they are working with. They know the advice will be straight. They know the work will be done properly and delivered on time. And they know that when something changes in their organisation — a new system, a restructure, a new risk on the horizon — they can pick up the phone and get a useful answer rather than a proposal for a new project.

Many of our clients have been with us for ten years or more. That is not an accident, and it is not something we take for granted

Client Testimonials

When we decided two years ago now, to go for accreditation to BS25999 we knew we would need outside help. We finally chose Cambridge Risk not because of price but because it felt as though they represented the best balance of professionalism and pragmatism. It has proven to be a decision well worth the wait. “The highly qualified people at Cambridge Risk have worked with us every step of the way. In a practical and manageable manner they have helped the whole company to ‘grow into’ the whole subject of Business Continuity Planning. With them we have been genuinely empowered to develop our own skills and understanding and a way that means we feel we really CAN cope with whatever our environment throws at us. And, better yet, we now have a certificate from the British Standards Institution to prove it.

Since appointing Cambridge Risk Solutions a year ago to implement Business Continuity throughout our business, and to manage the on-going programme and oversight of our supply chain. We have been impressed by a friendly, thorough and very professional service. Most importantly, Cambridge Risk Solutions have been able to introduce Business Continuity in layman’s terms, taking us step by step through the process, and empowering our management to understand what they need to do and how to do it. Their pragmatic approach has ensured that we have a comprehensive programme, not just the development of a plan. “Overall, a thoroughly professional service and I am therefore delighted to recommend Cambridge Risk Solutions.”

I used Cambridge Risk Solutions to develop a Business Continuity Plan for Bio-Rad in the UK. I was not sure what to expect as I had personally never been involved in such a process in the past. However the experience was a very positive one. The main contact was Helen Molyneux and we were all very impressed with her very professional and friendly approach. We were well supported at every stage of the process and found the company to be very responsive at all times. I would highly recommend Cambridge Risk Solutions.

I worked with Patrick and Helen on the redevelopment and implementation of our ‘Communicating through a Crisis’ workshop. Their input was invaluable and the exceptional feedback from delegates spoke volumes for the quality of their work. Cambridge Risk Solutions are a first rate Business Continuity consultancy whose excellent reputation has deservedly spread far beyond the East of England.

Some of our clients

Our Commitment

This work is ultimately about people — supporting them to make good decisions when conditions are uncertain, helping organisations protect what matters, and enabling continuity of service when something goes wrong. Cambridge Risk Solutions has been doing this since 2008. The approach has not changed: understand the organisation, apply proportionate thinking, write clearly, and build something that will actually be used. We are committed to that approach for every client, regardless of size or sector.