Group-wide AI governance, without overriding every subsidiary's local say
One approval process, started at the holding level, automatically rolls out across your entire group — except for the entities you exclude. Every subsidiary keeps its own approval chain and its own works-council say.
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The conflict
Overview at the top, autonomy at the bottom — most tools force you to pick one
The holding must be able to prove that AI governance is enforced across the group — liability, the EU AI Act, its duty of oversight. But every subsidiary has its own works council, its own decision-makers, its own pace, and cannot simply be overridden from the centre. And no subsidiary should see another subsidiary's governance data just because they share a parent.
20 subsidiaries. The holding introduces a new AI policy. How does it reach all 20 — without 20 separate emails, and without overriding the works councils at three of them?
How it works
One rollout, four things that stay true along the way
1. Map the real structure
A shareholding graph instead of a rigid org chart — capital share, voting share, and type of control (majority, control agreement, de facto, minority, joint) on every connection. Cycles are prevented automatically, capital shares are automatically capped at 100%.
2. Participation is opt-in, per company
Not every subsidiary has to join. A subsidiary with its own governance process stays out, if that is what you want.
3. One trigger, many local processes
The holding starts one process — every participating subsidiary gets its own, full approval process with its own configured approval chain. Real parallel processes, not a master override.
4. Local co-determination stays in force
If a subsidiary's own rules require works-council approval, that step applies automatically — regardless of the process being triggered at group level.
At a glance
What the group model gives you
- Shareholding graph with automatic cycle and capital-share checks
- Opt-in participation per company for group-wide approvals
- Full, unchanged local approval chain for every subsidiary
- Local co-determination (works council) stays effective independent of group level
- Auditable, documented exception to the otherwise strict tenant separation — no data access between subsidiaries
- Available from GROUP (up to 10 companies), unlimited from ENTERPRISE
Ready to talk about your group structure?
We'll walk through your actual holding structure with you and show how the rollout behaves in your case.