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Sustainable
Data Governance

Empowering organisations to lead through data-driven strategies and governance frameworks that unlock real value

About Us

As seasoned interim data governance, data strategy, and master data quality experts with combined more than 75 years of experience, we offer strategic and hands-on support to bring your data governance initiatives to life, partnering with you from initial planning through full implementation. As expert consultants and problem solvers, we ensure that your processes run smoothly and effectively.

We have led multiple high-profile projects, including data governance frameworks for companies like IKEA, Lloyds Bank, Johnson & Johnson, E.ON, Billiton, Mayr Melnhof,, ISTA, GEA Group,and UBS.

Our Mission

Our mission at XAPPO is to empower organisations with transformative insights and strategies, enabling them to unlock their full potential and achieve sustainable growth in an ever-evolving business landscape.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be the most trusted and sought-after management consulting partner globally, renowned for our transformative solutions and unwavering commitment to client success.

Our Services

Comprehensive data governance solutions tailored to your organisation's needs

What Our Clients Say

Trusted by industry leaders worldwide

"Harro is wise manager of change with great attitude and passion to shape an impactful ecosystem. He is a extraordinary expert with a strong balance of strategic thinking and down to earth implementation skills. It was an amazing pleasure to collaborate closely on regional level!"

Peter McDonald

Johnson & Johnson

"I had the great pleasure of working with Harro on various data governance topics in Alpiq. I was very impressed by Harro's ability to quickly absorb and consolidate information about our business model, internal structures, and way of working. Combining that with his profound industry and domain knowledge resulted in very valuable, practical, actional deliverables which we could then take immediate benefit from."

Ralfe Poisson

Enterprise Architect Alpiq

"Throughout the engagement Harro demonstrated both strategic perspective and leadership skills, and an impressive depth of knowledge and hands-on skill with regard to data management. Harro successfully delivered a realtime security event feed integration, reliably enabling single pane of glass operations for UBS security teams across cloud and on premise estates, as well as a new security metric data management and reporting framework for the company."

Dominik Raub

CTO Cyber Security UBS

"We have worked intensively with Harro this year in order to develop a company wide data excellence framework for ista SE. Our specific request was to adopt data management best practices to our company wide agile model. Harro brought profound know how on data management to the table and helped our organisation to excel in data."

Nils Arwed Engelke

CIO ista SE

"Harro has enormous practicle expertise and willingness to react very flexible according to customer requirments - also in case of outside of international (IT) standards. He has a very hands on mentality and it really makes fun to work with him. Even under extrem pressure it is possible to work with him in a very positive ans creativ way."

Gerhard Kampl

Innovator & Communicator

"Harro helped a lot my team to set up right data governance. I wish we will had him on board from the beginning of the project - this would save us a lot of time and have proper data strategy. If you are thinking about implementation of the new system don't forget about DATA and here Harro can support You!"

Jacek Sobanski

Mayr-Melnhof

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Client Success Stories

Discover how we've helped leading organizations transform their data governance practices and achieve measurable business results

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
12 months

Regional Data Governance Transformation

Johnson & Johnson

Challenge

Johnson & Johnson needed to establish a regional data governance framework that could scale across multiple business units while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and enabling data-driven decision making.

Solution

Implemented a comprehensive data governance strategy with clear roles, responsibilities, and processes. Established data stewardship programs and created governance frameworks that balanced regulatory compliance with business agility.

Key Results

Successful regional implementation across multiple business units
Improved data quality and consistency across systems
Enhanced regulatory compliance and audit readiness
Enabled faster data-driven decision making
Created sustainable governance processes
Data Governance
Healthcare
Regional Implementation
Compliance

Impact Metrics

95%
Data Quality
+40%
98%
Compliance Score
+35%
50%
Decision Speed
faster
Client Testimonial
"Harro is wise manager of change with great attitude and passion to shape an impactful ecosystem. He is a extraordinary expert with a strong balance of strategic thinking and down to earth implementation skills."
Peter McDonald
Regional Executive, Johnson & Johnson
Energy & Utilities
8 months

Enterprise Data Governance Framework

Alpiq

Challenge

Alpiq required a robust data governance framework that aligned with their business model and internal structures while providing practical, actionable deliverables for immediate implementation.

Solution

Conducted comprehensive analysis of business model and internal structures, then designed and implemented tailored data governance framework with clear policies, procedures, and accountability measures.

Key Results

Rapid understanding and analysis of complex business model
Practical, actionable governance framework delivered
Immediate business value and implementation benefits
Sustainable governance processes established
Enhanced data quality and consistency
Data Governance
Energy
Framework Design
Business Analysis

Impact Metrics

6 months
Implementation Time
30% faster
92%
Data Accuracy
+45%
60%
Process Efficiency
improvement
Client Testimonial
"I was very impressed by Harro's ability to quickly absorb and consolidate information about our business model, internal structures, and way of working. Combining that with his profound industry and domain knowledge resulted in very valuable, practical, actional deliverables."
Ralfe Poisson
Enterprise Architect, Alpiq
Financial Services
10 months

Security Data Management & Reporting

UBS

Challenge

UBS needed to integrate security event feeds across cloud and on-premise estates while establishing a new security metric data management and reporting framework for enterprise-wide visibility.

Solution

Delivered real-time security event feed integration enabling single pane of glass operations, and implemented comprehensive security metric data management and reporting framework with automated dashboards and alerts.

Key Results

Real-time security event feed integration delivered
Single pane of glass operations enabled
New security metric framework implemented
Automated reporting and dashboards created
Enhanced security visibility across entire estate
Security
Financial Services
Real-time Integration
Reporting

Impact Metrics

100%
Security Visibility
complete coverage
75%
Response Time
faster
90%
Manual Reporting
reduction
Client Testimonial
"Harro successfully delivered a realtime security event feed integration, reliably enabling single pane of glass operations for UBS security teams across cloud and on premise estates, as well as a new security metric data management and reporting framework."
Dominik Raub
CTO Cyber Security, UBS

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Data Governance Maturity Assessment

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Contact Information

Address

XAPPO Enterprises Ltd.
Level 2, The Fort, Hardrocks Business Park
Burmarrad Road, NXR 6345
Naxxar, Malta

Phone

+356 20 341 567

Email

office@xappo.enterprises

Leadership

Chairman: Harro M. Wiersma M.Sc.

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