About IQX

Governance should be infrastructure—not a recurring crisis.

IQX exists to make enterprise-grade governance, cyber resilience, data discipline and AI accountability practical for small and mid-sized organisations.

CompanyIQX International (Pty) Ltd

PurposeMake trust capability accessible

ModelPlatform · Managed · Advisory

The founder vision

SMEs are expected to meet enterprise standards—with tools built for enterprises.

Small and mid-sized businesses operate in an increasingly regulated, digital and risk-exposed environment. Yet the governance infrastructure required to operate safely and competitively remains too complex and costly for many of them.

The market does not lack standards. It lacks an accessible way to integrate them. Quality, cybersecurity, data governance, AI and privacy are still treated as isolated projects, while evidence remains spread across systems and folders.

This is the problem IQX is solving.

IQX provides a unified, AI-enabled governance infrastructure that guides implementation, links cyber operations to governance and brings executive advisory into the same evidence model. Organisations can adopt capability incrementally—without reproducing an enterprise consulting model at SME scale.

Business model architecture

Three layers that scale independently—and reinforce each other.

Platform capability is the economic core. Managed services create operational value and adoption. Advisory provides judgement and strategic depth.

Layer 01

Platform & Automation

Standards, workflows, training, evidence, risk registers and reporting in a reusable SaaS control layer.

Scalable recurring capability

Layer 02

Managed Cybersecurity

Monitoring, incidents, assessments and remediation that generate real operational evidence.

Acquisition and retention layer

Layer 03

Advisory & vCXO

Technology, data, AI and governance leadership aligned to business strategy and board accountability.

Credibility and strategic depth

Leadership

Practitioner experience across operations, governance and growth.

The founding team combines service management, cybersecurity, data quality, business development and capital advisory experience.

CEO & Co-Founder

Christopher Jenkins

Corporate service management, cybersecurity operations, managed platform operations and executive client advisory.

AdW

COO & Co-Founder

Abraham de Wet

Service management consulting, data quality, business development and operating model execution.

CFO Advisory

Gerrit Botha

Multi-professional practitioner, founder of EXO Capital, author and strategic financial advisor.

Design principles

How IQX intends to change the category.

Accessible

Bring enterprise-quality structure within reach of SMEs.

Integrated

Reuse controls and evidence across standards and stakeholders.

Operational

Make governance part of day-to-day work rather than a periodic exercise.

Provable

Turn posture into traceable evidence and decision-ready assurance.

Build the institution, not the folder

Create the systems that make the business secure, investable and scalable.

Begin with the pressure you face today and design the capability your organisation will need tomorrow.

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