Practical guidance for modernising registries: from strategy to delivery

Modern registries sit at the centre of trust, transparency, and economic activity. Governments around the world are under increasing pressure to modernise these systems, while meeting rising expectations for digital services, interoperability, compliance, and resilience.

Foster Moore’s Advisory Services help registry organisations navigate this complexity with confidence. We work alongside governments to shape clear, achievable transformation pathways—grounded in deep registry expertise and informed by real-world delivery experience.

This is advisory work designed specifically for registries, by people who build and operate them.

Advisory services built for registries, not adapted from elsewhere:

Unlike generalist consultancies, Foster Moore’s advisory capability is rooted entirely in the registry domain. Our advisors bring decades of hands-on experience across company, land, personal property, beneficial ownership, and related public registers in jurisdictions around the world.

 
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OUR ADVISORY SERVICES ARE:

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Registry Specific

Informed by real operational, legislative, and technology environments.

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Solution Agnostic

Focused on what is right for your jurisdiction, not a predetermined solution.

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Practical & Delivery Focus

Translating strategy into implementable roadmaps.
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Aligned to modern digital government principles

Interoperability, compliance, and user-centred design by default.

HOW WE HELP:

Foster Moore supports governments at the earliest stages of registry transformation, helping organisations define their ambition, clarify the scope of change, and plan the right path forward. Drawing on decades of global registry expertise, we work with leadership teams to assess current systems and operating models, define a clear future vision, and develop practical strategies and roadmaps for modernisation.
 
We also support the development of robust business cases and investment plans, while facilitating executive and board-level discussions that align stakeholders and build confidence for successful transformation.
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Capability Maturity Assessment and Uplift
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Target Operating Model Design
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Interoperability Enablement
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Modernisation Support

EXPERT ADVISORS, BACKED BY REAL REGISTRY EXPERIENCE:

Foster Moore’s advisory services are led by practitioners who have built, governed, and modernised registries from inside government. Our senior advisors have spent decades designing registry frameworks, leading national registry organisations, delivering legislative reform, and overseeing major transformation programmes across multiple jurisdictions.
 
The team includes industry leaders such as Bill Clarke, John Murray, and Justin Hygate, whose experience spans registry operations, regulatory policy, and large-scale digital modernisation.

Alongside their advisory work, our experts regularly publish insights and thought leadership to help governments navigate complex registry transformation challenges. 
John Murray at EBRA 2023 on The Future of Registers 2
Justin Hygate at CRF Hong Kong 2017
Bill Clarke and Justin Hygate during registry transformation workshop

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP:

Our white papers reflect decades of hands-on experience designing, governing, and modernising registries around the world. We lead industry conversations and share practical insights that help governments navigate complex registry transformation.

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Whether you are exploring early-stage reform, planning a major modernisation programme,

or looking to benchmark and uplift your registry capability,

Foster Moore’s Advisory Services can help.