Secure productivity,
built for growing businesses.
Senior-led advisory for Founders and Business Owners who want to grow efficiently, operate securely, and hold up under institutional scrutiny.
AI-native, not AI-curious
Patching uses agentic AI throughout its own operations — configuring and running agents within frameworks like Microsoft Copilot and Claude, not just recommending them. That means we know the difference between a chatbot and a workflow, and we can help you implement the latter safely.
Executive-level engagement
Rob works directly with founders and business owners to focus on what matters most to them — whether that's strengthening security posture, preparing for investment, or building the internal capability to sustain it. Where it adds value, that includes helping your existing team level up.
From seed to exit, we have been there
Rob has sat in Investment Committees, built fund-level governance programmes, and guided businesses through the trade-offs that come with growth. We understand what due diligence looks like from both sides of the table.
How we help
Practical, senior-led engagements for businesses that are serious about doing things properly.
Security Assessment
A clear, honest picture of your current security posture. What is at risk, what is working, and exactly what to fix first.
Systems Architecture
We design and build your technology environment for maximum productivity — selecting the right SaaS, PaaS, and agent-based tools for where you are — with security foundations strong enough to keep you safe and pass any institutional or investor scrutiny.
vCISO Advisory
We help business leaders understand the real-world risks that have a cybersecurity dimension — and advise on practical steps to address them, whether that means improving your security controls, changing how your team operates, or both.
IT Management
Managing your IT on a fractional or interim basis whilst you establish your long-term operating model.
Cyber & IT Diligence
Working buy-side or sell-side, we assess the cyber risks, IT maturity, and likely remediation costs that should inform any transaction — giving you the information you need to negotiate, plan, or prepare with confidence.
Cyber Governance
Helping institutional investors to build pragmatic and scalable governance structures to reduce cyber risk in their portfolios.
Your competitors are chatting with AI. Your business should be running it.
There is a world of difference between typing a prompt into ChatGPT and having AI agents that actually execute work across your business — researching, drafting, scheduling, analysing, and reporting — with the right guardrails in place.
Rob configures and runs agentic AI workflows throughout Patching's own operations — working within scaffolding frameworks like Microsoft Copilot and Claude to deploy agents that actually execute work, not just assist with it. That hands-on operational experience means we can help you move from AI curiosity to AI execution: identifying the right workflows to automate, designing the governance to keep humans in control, and making sure nothing critical slips through.
Agentic workflows
AI that executes tasks end-to-end, not just answers questions
Human oversight built in
Governance frameworks that keep you in control of what the AI does
Operational from day one
Practical implementation, not theoretical roadmaps
Patching's Founder — Forged in the Army; proven across banking, startups and private equity
The Army shaped Rob's instincts — but it's the fifteen years since that matter. After leaving as a Captain in 2010, he worked inside RBS Investment Bank through significant operating model change, completed an MBA, built a startup that failed, then joined another as employee number three and helped scale it to sixty people. In 2020 he moved into Private Equity — portfolio companies first, then fund level. He knows how founders, operators, and investors each think.
Patching works with Founders and Business Owners in the 5-100 person range who are serious about getting their house in order - whether that means passing due diligence, building for growth, or simply making sure the basics are done properly. Rob leads every engagement personally. Where specialist or additional resource is needed, Patching brings a trusted team - but Rob remains accountable and present throughout.
Patching is also AI-native. Rob builds and runs agentic AI workflows throughout his own business. He understands the gap between experimenting with AI tools and deploying AI that actually executes - and he can help you bridge it without the risk of getting it wrong.
Products in development
We are building tooling that brings the rigour of institutional due diligence to the wider market.
Due Diligence Tool
Built for businesses preparing for a transaction, this tool helps founders and owners identify their security, IT, and operational value gaps before they enter a process — so they can close them first, arrive in better shape, and maximise the value they achieve at exit.
More coming soon
We are building further tooling based on patterns we see repeatedly across client engagements.
Let's talk about your business.
Whether you're looking for a security assessment, ongoing support, or preparing for a transaction — tell us what's on your mind and we'll work out what makes sense.