Governance as a competitive advantage.

With 2fink Consulting, companies are building structures and responsibilities that work in everyday life and are sustainable at critical moments.

Data protection and cybersecurity are organizational and managerial tasks for us. You decide how a company distributes responsibility, prepares decisions and remains able to act in an emergency.

We work where exactly these questions need to be answered: in governance structures, transformation projects, M&A processes, corporate restructuring, international projects and roll-outs as well as data-driven initiatives with cloud, AI and big data.

Platforms and AI applications are now part of the everyday life of most companies. At the same time, the legal frameworks ? from GDPR and NIS2 via the CRA to the AI Regulation (KIVO) and further special regulation for digital services are condensing.

We translate these requirements into clear governance. For example:

  • Which systems and projects are actually affected?

  • Where do new duties arise ? Documentation, transparency, risk assessment or human oversight?

  • How do data protection, cybersecurity and further digital regulation interact in a meaningful way?

Our starting point is always the same: Before a company selects an AI tool or defines a strategy, we clarify the principles by which data is used, responsibility is distributed and risk is accepted. Governance and strategy follow ? not the other way around.

We regularly adapt our own way of working. We take issues such as digital sovereignty seriously: With our own tools and recommendations to customers, we deliberately look at where data is processed, how dependent a company becomes on individual providers and what alternatives exist, especially when European or independent solutions are in question.

At the same time, we use language models and AI-supported tools in our daily work: for research, for initial drafts, for the faster preparation of complex facts. This helps us to penetrate topics faster and to focus on the questions that really need classification and experience. We check each result professionally before it is incorporated into our work for you.

The career path of our Founder of Nicole Fink was never strictly linear or typical of legal education.

‘I worked early on in contexts where law, organization and technology come together. Starting in the public sector with first touch points in terms of data protection, cybersecurity in eGovernment projects and social data protection.

Later, external consulting and international business contexts were added.

For more than ten years, I have worked almost exclusively in complex topics relating to data protection and cybersecurity and benefit from accumulated experience in administration, law firm, medium-sized companies and global corporations.

At the same time, I specialized academically with an Advanced LL.M. in the field of data protection and cybersecurity at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) of Maastricht University.

This combination of practical expertise and in-depth specialisation characterises 2fink today.”

Our core mandate is in three Areas:

  1. Governance-Design & Operating Model: Roles, decision-making, reporting, processes and control mechanisms for data protection, cybersecurity and AI ? with regard to relevant EU regulation.

  2. Global projects & roll-outs: Support for international system introductions, cloud migrations and digital transformation projects.

  3. M&A accompaniment & Transaction support: Data protection and cybersecurity due diligence as well as post-closing integration.

These are complemented by other mandates:

  1. 2fink DPO Services: Take over the external data protection officer function for companies that need an independent, specialised body.

  2. Mentoring & Peer Coaching: Support of data protection, IT and compliance managers, NIS2 coordinators, CISOs and other internal roles in specific issues, prioritizations and stakeholder management.

We deliberately leave operational tasks such as the creation or continuous maintenance of extensive processing directories or standardized data protection information to specialized partners.

We define standards and quality criteria and remain present where decisions are made and responsible.

Both external consultants and people who are responsible for data protection or cybersecurity tasks in many companies are technically strong, but often sit between all chairs. They mediate between management, IT, departments, legal department and co-determination, often without sparring partners:in.

In mentoring and peer coaching, we work on exactly these interfaces: we discuss real situations, prioritize topics, develop decision-making guidelines and communication strategies.

The aim is that external and internal managers can act confidently, classify risks and actively shape governance in the company, instead of being perceived as "regulatory bearers".

? typically targets medium-sized companies and corporations with an international focus, complex projects or major transformations such as M&A, carve-outs, AI roll-outs or global roll-outs.

We are less suitable when it comes primarily to producing standard documents in large quantities, outsourcing purely operational tasks without governance or playing as many lectures or training sessions as possible.

In such cases, we are happy to recommend colleagues from our network and stay even where strategy, governance and mentoring are required.

It often starts with a simple observation: ?Does our setup fit for the next few years? Where do we start?

The first step is usually a short conversation: Who are you, what are you doing, what are you changing?

On this basis, we decide together whether a governance?quick?check, a focused project or a mentoring?setting is the most sensible way to get started.

If you want to explore this, write to us hello@2fink.com or book a non-binding initial consultation.

Examples from our work

In an asset deal, part of the eCommerce business, including CRM data, was transferred from a German parent company to a new entity in the UK and Ireland.

We have covered and designed the data protection and information security framework, legally and organizationally secured the transfer of customer data and built a web shop, as well as a governance structure with which the new unit can work independently and compliant.

In several countries, joint webshops were created with sponsoring and licensing partners.

Platform, brand identity, customer data and responsibilities were shared with correspondingly complex questions about contracts, data transfers and roles.

In addition to drafting contracts and building web shops, our task was to develop a governance model in which all sides know what they are responsible for, how data can be used and how operation remains stable compliant even with new campaigns or features.

During a global restructuring into a matrix organization, several thousand employees were affected by company transitions and new models of responsibility.

We have redesigned the data flow of employee data, roles, decision paths and data protection?governance, defined and supported internal project participants, accompanied those responsible and ensured that accountability can be fulfilled without blocking ongoing operations.

In various projects, companies were faced with the task of introducing AI applications and digital products in such a way that they are legally and organizationally viable.

We have helped to classify AI systems and digital use cases and to assess risks in a structured way, as well as to define governance ? from decision-making paths to documentation to questions "human in the loop".

This resulted in framework conditions in which it is possible to experiment and scale responsibly.

If you want to know if 2fink fits your business: Write to us or book a non-binding initial consultation.