Enterprise Architecture · Technology Strategy · AI Adoption
For regulated financial services and insurance — Ireland and the UK.
Trusted by
Laya Healthcare · Canada Life · World Rugby · Bank of Ireland · Musgrave · Waystone · PTSB · Fineos · IDA Ireland · LendInvest · Compass Group · Data Protection Commission
ailíniú was founded by two former Chief Architects who got tired of watching good strategy fail in delivery. We work with CTOs and technology leaders in regulated organisations to close that gap — and stay involved long enough to make sure it stays closed. The name means alignment. That's the job.
Clear, executable strategies connected directly to business objectives.
The output is a clear, executable strategy — connected to what the business is trying to achieve, with decisions made and recorded rather than deferred. Just enough architecture.
Product-based, outcome-driven ways of working across complex organisations.
After the strategy comes the harder question — how do you actually work differently? We design operating models that improve flow, ownership, and delivery without the weight of traditional transformation programmes.
A senior thought partner for CTOs who need one, without the full-time overhead.
You don't always need a full-time Chief Architect. You do need someone who has been one — present, opinionated, and accountable. We provide that. Many of our longest client relationships started here.
Building AI capability and governing it — in environments where getting it wrong has consequences.
We help regulated organisations adopt AI in ways that are both genuinely useful and defensible to a regulator. That means building new capability and putting the governance around it — simultaneously, not sequentially.
Most engagements begin with a technology strategy or architecture review. The technology is rarely the hardest part.
The gap between a good strategy and a working one is where organisations lose years. That's the gap we work in.
We work in regulated financial services and insurance in Ireland and the UK. That context shapes everything from how we frame risk to how we present to a board.
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We read your estate, your strategy, and the gap between them. Fast, structured, forensic.
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We produce strategies and operating models that are executable — with decisions made, not deferred.
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We stay involved. The architects who designed the path help govern the execution.
A selection of engagements across regulated financial services, insurance, retail, sport, and public sector.
Our longest-running engagement — spanning technology strategy, AI governance, and operating model design since 2022.
Multi-year EA and architecture leadership
2023 — ongoing
Technology strategy, EA practice and delivery governance
2023 — ongoing
ICT dependency mapping and technology portfolio
2025 — ongoing
EA practice, data architecture and delivery governance
2023–2024
Enterprise architecture engagement
2024
Technology strategy, EA practice and transformation guidance
2022–2025
Group strategic technology roadmap
2022
Technology strategy and M&A architecture
2022
Digital roadmap, data and business architecture
2020–2022
IT strategy
2021
IT strategy
2020
Platform strategy and operating model
2020
Soiléire is an Application Portfolio Management platform built specifically for regulated mid-market organisations. It came out of years of doing APM work in spreadsheets and tools that were either too lightweight or enterprise-priced and over-engineered.
It handles ICT dependency mapping, third-party risk, tech debt visibility, and EU AI Act compliance — in a single platform sized for organisations that need rigour without the LeanIX price tag.
Soiléire is a separate product, developed and licensed independently. ailíniú engagements that require APM tooling use it as the delivery platform.
Soiléire
We write about enterprise architecture, AI adoption, and what it takes to lead technology in a regulated organisation.
ailíniú is the Irish word for alignment. It's the right word for what we do — connecting strategy to execution, technology to business intent, decisions to outcomes. We chose it because alignment, when it's genuine rather than performed, is the hardest and most valuable thing a technology function can achieve.
ailíniú was founded by John Murphy and Brian McMahon. Between us we have held Chief Architect roles at Allied Irish Bank, O2, and Paddy Power — and spent the years since working with technology leaders across financial services, insurance, retail, and public sector organisations in Ireland and the UK.
We started ailíniú because we believed there was a better way to deliver this kind of work — more direct, more accountable, and more connected to what businesses are actually trying to achieve.
We're based in Ireland and work across Ireland and the UK. Most engagements start with a conversation — no proposal process, no RFP theatre. If you have a problem that sounds like ours to solve, get in touch.
Email us → info@ailiniu.ie