Arto is built for UK public sector. Not adapted for it.

Arto is the AI governance and workflow platform built exclusively for UK public sector. We embed governance at the core of every workflow, so that councils, NHS trusts and central government bodies can deploy AI safely, accountably, and with the confidence that every decision affecting residents is documented, explainable, and made by a named officer.

To give every public sector organisation the confidence to lead with AI.

customer logos including Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Transport, Essex County Council, Staffordshire County Council, Lambeth Council, Islington Council, Manchester City Council, East Cambridgeshire Council

What we are trying to do

Public sector organisations across the UK want to use AI to serve residents better, work more efficiently, and make better decisions. What holds most of them back is not lack of ambition. It is the justified fear that AI deployed without proper governance creates legal exposure, erodes public trust, and cannot be defended when challenged.

We built Arto to solve that problem at its root. Not by adding a compliance layer on top of existing AI tools, but by making governance the platform's problem rather than the organisation's. Every workflow, every AI agent, and every output in Arto inherits a governance framework built around UK GDPR, ISO 42001, the OECD AI Principles, and the UK Government AI Playbook. Not configured by the organisation, embedded in the platform.

The result is that a head of planning can deploy an AI validation workflow, a SEND coordinator can use AI to orchestrate EHC plan reviews, and a revenues manager can automate change of circumstances processing, all with governance that satisfies their DPO, their monitoring officer, and their audit committee, from the first workflow run.

How Arto works

Arto is a governance and workflow platform. It is not a general-purpose AI assistant. It does not generate text, answer questions, or do tasks for individual workers. It deploys governed AI workflows into specific public sector service areas, workflows that have been designed around the specific legislation, back-office systems, and professional role boundaries of those service areas.

When an organisation deploys an Arto Supported Flow,the workflow comes with governance controls built to align with key standards including ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and UK GDPR, a pre-populated assurance case aligned to the 10 GDS AI Playbook principles, a human oversight gate that requires a named officer to review and sign off every AI output before it is acted upon, and an immutable audit trail from the first day of deployment. The governance is not an add-on. It is how the workflow operates.

Arto also provides the governance infrastructure for any AI an organisation is already using. AI tools deployed outside Arto, Microsoft Copilot, Flowise, or any other system, can be registered in the Use Case Registry and brought under the same governance framework, giving governance and IT leads a single view of every AI deployment across the organisation.

The principles Arto is built on

01 Governance is the foundation

Governance is embedded in the platform, not added by the organisation. UK GDPR, ISO 42001, OECD AI Principles and the UK Government AI Playbook are structural.

Governance foundation

02 Accountable by design

Every AI output requires officer review and sign-off before action. Every decision is attributed to a named officer, timestamped, and preserved in an immutable audit trail.

Audit trail

03 Your data stays yours

Data processed through Arto never leaves the UK, is never used to train AI models, and is hosted on AWS London infrastructure certified to ISO 27001.

Data security

Meet the Team

The experts behind Arto are dedicated to making AI accessible, useful, and safe for every business.

Alison Galvin

Chief People Officer

Alison is a co-founder of INV Group and has been central to the organisation's growth since its founding in 2005, leading across finance, HR and operations. As Chief People Officer since 2017, she oversees the people infrastructure that enables INV Group's delivery teams to operate at the standard public sector clients require. Outside INV Group, Alison has been a member of the UK Government's Apprenticeship Ambassador Network since 2017 and has served on the Skills Advisory Panel of Enterprise M3, the Surrey and Hampshire Local Enterprise Partnership, since 2018. Her work reflects a long-standing commitment to developing talent that understands and serves the public sector.

Jonnie Russell

Chief Information Officer

Jonnie is a co-founder of INV Group and the technical authority behind its platforms and products. His career spans over 20 years across complex systems development in financial services, telecommunications and travel, including senior technical roles at T-Mobile, Bank of Ireland and TUI. For the past two decades he has applied that systems expertise to some of the most demanding public sector technology programmes in the UK, leading technical delivery for the Cabinet Office, DWP, Home Office and HMRC. Jonnie leads the technical architecture of Arto, bringing enterprise-grade rigour to a platform built for the governance and security requirements of public sector organisations.

Jamie Garrett

Managing Director, Invuse

Jamie leads Invuse, the professional services team that works directly with public sector organisations to implement Arto, drive adoption and deliver measurable outcomes. With over a decade of experience spanning local government, central government, health and education, he has led more than 40 local government and 20 central government digital transformation programmes. Jamie combines commercial insight with deep practical expertise in service design, accessibility, citizen experience and AI, consistently delivering programmes aligned to GDS standards and WCAG 2.2 AA. His focus is on helping public sector organisations move beyond the barriers that stall AI adoption and build the operational capability to sustain it.

Nqobile Dube

Technical Director

Nqobile began his career as a software development apprentice in 2011 and has since built one of the most comprehensive technical profiles in UK public sector digital delivery. His experience spans system administration, enterprise architecture, development and quality assurance, and he now leads technical delivery across INV Group's most complex programmes. He has served as lead technical architect on large-scale implementations for the DWP, Home Office and HMRC, and brings specialist knowledge of AI, large language models and automated workflows to the development and deployment of Arto. Nqobile ensures the platform is built and implemented to the security and architectural standards that public sector organisations demand.

Paul Zimmerman

Chief Communications Officer

Paul is a co-founder of INV Group and has been at the forefront of the UK digital economy since joining Amazon in 1999. His career spans senior roles at Amazon, Play.com, Firebox and a range of digital consumer businesses, giving him deep expertise in building products and services that put user needs at the centre. That experience has directly shaped how INV Group approaches public sector digital programmes, where citizen-centred design and clear communication are as important as technical delivery. Paul leads communications and positioning across INV Group and Arto, ensuring the platform is understood and trusted by the organisations it is built for.

Billy Clackers

Managing Director, Invotra

Billy leads Invotra, the team responsible for building and developing the Arto platform. Over more than 12 years at Invotra he has progressed from apprentice to Managing Director, developing deep expertise in product delivery, GDS-aligned digital platforms and the governance requirements of public sector technology. He has led the implementation of Invotra's digital experience platform across local and central government, giving him direct insight into the operational and compliance challenges that Arto is built to address. Billy brings product rigour, AI and governance knowledge, and a hands-on approach to ensuring Arto meets the standards public sector organisations require.

Rachael Alderlieste

Customer Experience Director

Rachael leads customer experience and service desk operations across INV Group, bringing over 20 years in customer-facing roles to the challenge of ensuring public sector organisations get sustained value from the platforms they deploy. Her focus is on understanding the operational realities of each organisation and building support and engagement strategies that translate into lasting adoption. For Arto customers, that means a customer experience function that understands public sector pressures, responds to them practically, and ensures the platform continues to deliver measurable outcomes long after initial implementation.

Ryan Taylor

Operations Director

Ryan leads programme delivery across all of INV Group's public sector projects, bringing over seven years of experience managing complex digital programmes to GDS standards. Across that time he has built a strong track record of structured, transparent delivery using Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methodologies, consistently maintaining the pace, communications and governance that public sector programmes require. His approach gives client organisations the confidence that implementation will be managed with rigour and accountability at every stage, from initial scoping through to live deployment and ongoing optimisation.

Fintan Galvin

Chief Executive Officer

Fintan founded INV Group in 2005 with a clear focus on public sector digital delivery. With over 25 years in enterprise technology, he has led the design and deployment of large-scale systems across local government, central government and the NHS. His experience spans the full lifecycle of complex technology programmes, from architecture and governance through to operational deployment at scale. Arto reflects his long-held conviction that the public sector deserves technology built specifically for its governance and accountability requirements, not adapted from tools designed for other markets.