Our Services

Corporate Affairs Strategy

Bespoke to your business.

Whether you're starting from scratch, refreshing an existing corporate affairs strategy, or upweighting discreet areas of focus, our deliverables are grounded in your commercial ambitions, company values, and culture. Your business is unique. So is the strategy we'll create with your leaders as we go on an inspiring journey of discovery, reflection, and transformation.

Our strategy services also include optional organizational design, AI integration, and stakeholder communications offerings that bring the strategy to life and embed it throughout the business.

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Corporate Affairs for
Chief Legal Officers

Moving from risk to opportunity.

Let's be honest. Chief Legal Officers wear many hats, often for good reason. They're at the heart of the company's most sensitive information and decision making. When you're asked to lead Corporate Affairs, it can seem like a natural fit. But where do you turn when you want to create a best-in-class Legal and Corporate Affairs function that turns risk into opportunity?

Look no further. Our founder, Kristin Wolfe, is a licensed lawyer with decades of high-stakes in-house legal and Corporate Affairs leadership experience working for some of the world's most recognizable and highly-scrutinized consumer brands. Kristin knows how to make your joint Legal and Corporate Affairs function operate as one team contributing value to the bottom line.

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Trade Association Strategy & Industry Reputation

Equipping trade bodies to shape the future, the right way.

When your entire industry is under reputational, policy, or regulatory pressures, going it alone is rarely enough. Building consensus among fierce competitors on what to do, however, is rarely easy. It also can bring its own antitrust and reputational risks.

With our decades of corporate affairs, in-house legal, and leadership experience in highly-regulated consumer products, we're able to bridge these tricky waters with care and impact. If you're looking to create a new coalition or take your trade association into its next chapter, our track record of helping industry bodies get onto the front foot speaks for itself.

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License to Trade & Stakeholder Engagement

Turning material challenges into legacy-shaping opportunities.

The external landscape can literally wipe material value off your P&L overnight. If you're feeling stuck in reactive mode or that your competitors are always one step ahead, we'll use our expertise, your Data and Insights team, and our network of independent specialists to help your Board and C-suite turn material challenges into legacy-shaping opportunities.

Along the way, we'll build your leaders' competence and confidence to engage on the front line with stakeholders of all stripes, from national governments, to multilateral institutions, media, academia, activists, employees, and community groups.

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Corporate Strategy, Governance, Risk Integration & Mitigation

Integrating the external landscape into your corporate strategy. No surprises.

Corporate Affairs' role is to see around corners and over the horizon to avoid costly surprises. We'll work with your business strategy team to ensure the external landscape is integrated into your corporate strategy, governance, and risk processes so it's ready for any scenario that arises.

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Interim Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Proven leadership in a pinch.

Whether a planned leave of absence or an unexpected departure, sometimes you just need a proven leader in a pinch. Our founder, Kristin Wolfe, is experienced in the global boardroom and the C-suite, having served in Board facing roles her entire career. In addition to a U.S. law degree and B.A. in political science and international relations, Kristin holds a General Management certificate from Harvard Business School. She continues to be on the forefront of management thinking as a member of the HBS Alumni Board. Kristin's true passion is creating the environment for others to grow and succeed.

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Independent Advisory

Stress-testing your strategy to give you total certainty.

Already have or considering a Corporate Affairs strategy but aren't yet confident it's right? We'll give you our honest assessment. If we love it, we'll say so! If there's a disconnect with your commercial ambitions or values, disjointed thinking, or subtle gaps, we'll let you know that, too.

Our only goal is to get you where you want to be, not for us to get more work on the backend.

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Why We're Different

01

Strategy & Leadership

Our deliverables are rooted in your business strategy and your leadership KPIs. That gives them staying power.

02

Your Expertise, Amplified.

No one knows your business and industry better than you. We'll ask the right questions and use your existing data, insights, and resources when possible. No reinventing the wheel.

03

A Global Network of Specialists

We don't pretend to be experts at everything. We'll harness the collective power of your people, our global network, and discreet specialists to give you confidence in our strategic recommendations.

04

Capable, Confident Leaders. Our Favorite ROI.

We'll build your leaders' capabilities as we go. That's the best part of our job.

How We Work

We take our mandate from the C-suite. Here's why.

1

Accelerated Outcomes.

As a C-suite leader, you're uniquely placed to remove self-imposed organizational constraints that bog down processes, resources, and outcomes. You want results and so do we.

2

Unspoken Priorities.

We unpack the unspoken priorities keeping you up at night. Big or small, it'll always be in strict confidence. Those matters shape our work as much as your commercial ambitions.

3

Lasting Impact.

Initiatives championed at the top succeed for the long-term. It's that simple. We see every project as a contribution to your and your company's legacy.

Corporate Affairs Strategic Advisors

Driving growth in a complex world by unleashing the power of Corporate Affairs.

Washington to Westminster. Geneva to Johannesburg. Proven around the Globe.

What We Do

Strategic Counsel for Critical Moments.

Our Services

Strategy, stakeholder engagement, and advisory tailored to the C-suite.

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Why We're Different

Holistic leadership approach.

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How We Work

Our mandate comes from the top. Here's why that matters.

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Meet

Kristin K. Wolfe

Founder & CEO

I founded Penwick Global* to drive growth in a complex world by unleashing the power of Corporate Affairs.

As a C-suite executive, consultant, and lawyer with more than 30 years' experience bridging global corporate affairs, business, and law, I've helped highly regulated FTSE-10, Fortune-250, and JSE-listed companies transform material challenges into strategic opportunities for shareholders, employees, and society.

My expertise includes strategy, reputation and stakeholder management, government and public affairs, and communications (including litigation communications). Beyond strategic advisory services, I strengthen leadership capability to fuel future momentum. Originally from the U.S. and now based in the U.K., my career spanned 80 countries on 6 continents, giving me a deeply nuanced, global perspective.

I hold a General Management Certificate from Harvard Business School, a J.D. from Marquette University Law School, and a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin. Through my participation on the Harvard Business School Alumni Board, my clients benefit from the latest in management thinking.

*Formerly K. Wolfe Consulting

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