The Boardroom Score
Seven pillars, one score. Every profile below is an illustrative demo company created for methodology purposes — not an assessment of any real organisation.
Asteron Financial Services
Asteron Financial Services is a fictional mid-sized financial services group used to demonstrate Boardroom Brief company intelligence. It operates broking, wealth advisory and investment adviser businesses across 14 Indian cities.
Independent-majority board with a separately chaired audit committee and a standing risk committee that meets quarterly.
Mature compliance function with a dedicated surveillance desk; evidence collection still partially manual.
SEBI (broking, investment advisers), PMLA, DPDP Act, Companies Act 2013.
Methodology: Editorial assessment based on the published Boardroom Brief methodology.
Vertex Technologies
Vertex Technologies is a fictional enterprise software company used to demonstrate AI governance and cyber resilience assessment.
Technology and cyber risk sub-committee reporting to the board; AI governance council chartered this year.
ISO 27001 and SOC 2 aligned; model inventory and AI use-case register recently established.
DPDP Act, CERT-In directions, contractual client security obligations.
Methodology: Editorial assessment based on the published Boardroom Brief methodology.
Northstar Capital Advisors
Northstar Capital Advisors is a fictional SEBI-registered investment adviser used to illustrate compliance readiness reporting for advisory firms.
Founder-led board with two independent directors and an external compliance reviewer.
Strong client-suitability documentation; periodic compliance audit filed on time in each of the last six cycles.
SEBI Investment Advisers Regulations, PMLA, DPDP Act.
Methodology: Editorial assessment based on the published Boardroom Brief methodology.
Meridian NBFC
Meridian NBFC is a fictional middle-layer NBFC used to demonstrate regulatory exposure mapping and risk signal tracking.
Board risk management committee with an independent chair; internal audit reports directly to the audit committee.
Scale-based regulation readiness programme underway; IT governance policy refreshed this year.
RBI Scale Based Regulation, PMLA, Fair Practices Code, DPDP Act.
Methodology: Editorial assessment based on the published Boardroom Brief methodology.