# The Strategy Council

#### Structured investment oversight

At the core of Shift’s governance structure is the Strategy Council.

The Strategy Council is the formal decision-making body responsible for investment oversight and risk control.

It includes senior leadership roles such as:

* Head of DeFi
* Head of Risk
* Technical leadership
* Additional senior advisors where applicable

The Strategy Council is responsible for:

* Approving new strategies before capital deployment
* Modifying risk thresholds and allocation limits
* Reviewing material changes in protocol ratings
* Approving updates to the risk framework
* Reviewing post-mortems following market events

No strategy can be deployed without formal Council approval.

#### Decision-making process

Strategy approval follows a structured sequence:

1. Research and Due Diligence\
   Analysts conduct economic, technical, and structural evaluation.
2. Risk Scoring\
   The strategy and its Building Blocks are assigned risk ratings.
3. Trigger Configuration\
   Monitoring thresholds and exit logic are defined in advance.
4. Exposure Modeling\
   Allocation size is proposed within diversification limits.
5. Council Review\
   The Strategy Council reviews documentation, challenges assumptions, and votes.

A quorum is required for approval. A majority vote is required to pass.

Emergency delegation mechanisms may exist for time-sensitive responses. Any delegated decision is subject to post-event review.

Governance exists not to slow execution — but to ensure disciplined execution.

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