Clear advice on people, privacy and governance.
Ilma Advisory helps small and mid-sized organisations protect personal data, look after their people and govern themselves well. Senior experience, quick answers, solutions shaped to you.
What we do
Three areas, one adviser.
Questions about people, personal data and governance rarely arrive separately. We cover all three, so you explain your business once.
People
Fair decisions about people, made on time. We help you set up the organisation properly and deal with difficult situations before they grow.
Organisational review
A clear look at structure, roles and reporting lines, with practical changes you can make.
Workplace issues
Grievances, conflicts and sensitive situations resolved carefully, before they escalate.
Performance improvement plans
Designed, set up and run alongside your managers, from the first conversation to the outcome.
Employment compliance
New employment law turned into clear steps, updated documents and a realistic timetable.
Privacy
Data protection that works in the real world. This is most of what we do: acting as your data protection officer, or supporting the one you have, on the questions that reach your desk every week.
DPO as a service
An experienced data protection officer on call, without a full-time hire.
Contracts
Review of data processing terms with suppliers, clients and partners.
Policies and procedures
Drafted for the way your organisation actually works, so people follow them.
Impact assessments
DPIAs for new products, systems and uses of personal data.
Data subject requests
Access, erasure and other requests answered properly and within the one-month deadline.
Regulators and incidents
Questions, complaints and data breaches handled with the supervisory authority.
Governance
Clear frameworks for those who decide. Independent, senior support for the bodies that carry responsibility.
Boards of directors
Advice to the board on its responsibilities for people and data, and on the decisions in front of it.
Committees
Support for committees that need a clear remit, good papers and a steady hand.
Shareholders' meetings
Preparation and support before, during and after the meeting.
When to call us
It usually starts with a sentence like one of these.
A customer has asked for all the data we hold on them.You have one month to answer. We tell you what to send and what not to.
We think we have had a data breach.The first 72 hours matter. We assess it with you and deal with the regulator.
A client's questionnaire asks who our DPO is.We can be your data protection officer, for a fixed monthly fee.
A manager wants to let someone go.We check the position and, where it fits, run a fair performance plan first.
We have grown fast and nobody knows who reports to whom.We review the structure and leave you with one that works.
The board wants assurance before it signs this off.We give the board an independent view it can rely on.
Who we are
Large-company experience, for companies that are not large.
Ilma Advisory is an independent firm. Our experience was built inside large international organisations and across several markets. We bring that standard to businesses that need senior judgement without the weight of a large firm.
We work with small and mid-sized companies and single-member companies, mostly international businesses operating in or from Malta, and in Spain.
Sectors we know
Senior from the first call
You speak to the person who does the work. No handovers, no learning on your time.
Quick to answer
Problems do not wait. We respond fast, give feedback early and keep matters moving.
Shaped to you
No templates. The solution fits your size, your sector and the way you work.
Ilma is the Maltese word for water. Clear at the surface, deep beneath. That is how we advise.
How we work
Listen first. Be clear. Stay until it is resolved.
We listen
A first conversation, free of charge, to understand the situation and what you need from it.
We tell you where you stand
A plain recommendation with the reasoning behind it, and a fixed scope and fee before any work begins.
We see it through
We draft, negotiate, respond and follow up, and stay with the matter until it is closed.
One matter
A specific challenge
A request, a contract, a restructuring, a board paper. Scoped, priced and delivered.
Ongoing
An adviser at your side
DPO as a service or a monthly retainer, with someone who already knows your business.
Contact
Tell us what is on your desk.
A few lines are enough. We reply within one working day, and the first conversation is free.
hello@ilmaadvisory.com