Businesses rarely fail because a risk was unforeseeable. More often, they fail because everyone assumed they would have time to respond.
A shareholder is appointed to public office. A bank flags the company during a routine compliance review. A regulator requests information. Media scrutiny intensifies. Within days, banking facilities are restricted, key customers start asking questions, and one shareholder's continued involvement becomes a material business risk.
By then, it is too late to start negotiating an exit strategy.
Waiting until a problem arises is rarely an effective strategy, especially for companies with politically exposed shareholders. By the time banks, regulators or counterparties start asking questions, the window for calm decision-making has often closed.
