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Sarah Allen

Go-getter · DISC type d
Fractional GRC & ISO Lead | Director at Q2M Ltd
📍 United Kingdom

Sarah Allen is the Director of Q2M Ltd, serving as a Fractional GRC & ISO Lead for UK SMEs. With over 15 years in process-driven roles, including at the National Crime Agency, she helps growing businesses align their governance, risk management, and data privacy practices with their ambitions.

Her background includes a degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Warwick, which suggests a deep interest in understanding the human elements of organizational change and process management. This unique foundation likely informs her approach to implementing compliance frameworks within teams.

She transitioned from a career in biometrics and fingerprint analysis at the UKs National Crime Agency to consulting for SMEs.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Fractional GRC & ISO Lead | Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Sarah shows up

Vision Oriented
Direct & Candid
Challenger

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Priorities

Topics Sarah cares about

SME Governance
Focuses on the specific challenge SMEs face when their operational growth outpaces their governance, risk, and compliance oversight, leading to process drift.
ISO 27001 Ownership
Frequently highlights the difference between achieving ISO certification and maintaining true, deliberate ownership of the governance framework, especially within IT-led SMEs.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Fractional GRC & ISO Lead | Director
Q2M Ltd
8-2022 - 3-2024
Head of Enablement
Black Rainbow Group
6-2019 - 8-2022
Head of Organisational Development & Head of Quality and Compliance
Black Rainbow Group
11-2017 - 5-2019
Head of Biometrics
National Crime Agency (NCA)
10-2012 - 11-2017
Senior Identification Officer
National Crime Agency (NCA)
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2015 - 2018
Counselling and Psychotherapy FdSc
University of Warwick
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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