Eligibility
The Board Directory is built for chairs, non-executive directors, senior executives, FTSE 350 leaders, professional services partners, and private equity-ready operators with credible board-level relevance.
Eligibility
Designed for board members and senior leaders
The Directory is for board members and leaders of the largest companies globally (above £100m of revenue or market cap, down to exco - 2 level where a large cap) and partners of major professional services firms worldwide.
It is also open to board members and leaders of the largest government, arts, military, media, academic and not for profit organisations. Members must be either serving and recently retired, if without a portfolio.
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The Board Directory provides Non-executive Directors, both experienced and incoming, with a powerful international platform to be discovered for NED roles by leading board search firms and private equity partners through a granular coding system. NEDs can identify their full range of executive and non-executive skillsets, from private equity, M&A, committee, sector and listing experience to CEO appointment, activist investor management, risk and remuneration. This ensures that members are found for NED role mandates across their full range of skillsets and sectors. Sophisticated search functionality means headhunters can identify members for roles against less obvious briefs, and for non-executive and private equity roles worldwide. Visibility for NED roles in these areas can be particularly challenging, while in the home market it can be difficult to keep up to date with the changing headhunter networks and firms. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and goals for NED roles to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides CEOs with a powerful international platform to be discovered by leading board search firms and private equity partners through a granular coding system. CEOs can identify the full range of capabilities, from private equity, M&A and listing experience, digitisation, operations, transformation, cost reduction, turnaround and more, ensuring they are found for mandates across the full range of skillsets and outside sector siloes. Sophisticated search functionality means headhunters can identify CEO members for roles against less obvious briefs, and for board, non-executive and leadership roles worldwide. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides CFOs with a powerful international platform to be discovered by leading board search firms and private equity partners through a granular coding system. CFOs can identify the full range of capabilities, from private equity, M&A and listing experience, risk, compliance, HR, technology and more, ensuring they are found for mandates across the full range of skillsets and outside sector siloes. Sophisticated search functionality means headhunters can identify CFO members for roles against less obvious briefs, and for board, non-executive and leadership roles worldwide. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides C-suite executives and up and coming leaders with a powerful platform to be discovered by leading board search firms and private equity partners through a granular expertise coding system. Profiles allow C-Suite executive members to tag themselves across their full range of capabilities, from private equity and merger integration to listing, transformation, operations, customer, investment, technology, and beyond. This ensures members are found for mandates which match their specific skillset rather than just job title and beyond sector siloes. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides management consultants with a powerful platform to be found for non-executive and leadership roles by the best board search and private equity firms in the UK and internationally. For the first time, it enables members to showcase the full breadth of their domain, industry, and advisory experience, including scale, sector and geography of clients and the specific expertise they offer, across transformation, strategy, risk, sustainability, AI, technology, and more. It also allows the display of additional appointments and internal management or industry roles. This helps optimise management consultants’ professional services experience and ensure their visibility, allowing search firms to identify them for board roles where their consulting background and client-facing experience are directly relevant. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides audit and accounting partners with a powerful platform to be found for non-executive and leadership roles by the best board search and private equity firms in the UK and internationally. For the first time, it enables members to showcase the full breadth of their industry and advisory experience, including scale, sector and geography of clients, specific service lines and range of expertise, across audit and assurance, transaction services, tax and legal, compliance, and more. It also allows the display of additional appointments and internal management or industry roles. This helps optimise senior accountants’ professional services experience and ensure their visibility, allowing search firms to identify them for board roles where their financial, domain and consulting skillsets are directly relevant. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides legal partners with a powerful platform to be found for non-executive and leadership roles by the best board search and private equity firms in the UK and internationally. It enables members to showcase the full breadth of their industry and advisory experience for the first time, including scale, sector and geography of clients, specific domain expertise, and additional appointments and management roles. It also allows the display of additional appointments and internal management or industry roles. This helps optimise legal partners’ professional services and other experience, and ensure their visibility, allowing search firms to identify them for board roles where their financial, domain and consulting skillsets are directly relevant. This is particularly valuable for general counsel or partners transitioning into non-executive careers to demonstrate breadth and credentials. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Board Directory provides senior government mandarins, civil servants, members of Parliament and other leaders with a powerful platform to be found for non-executive and leadership roles alongside the best commercial leaders in the UK, by the best board search and private equity firms in the UK and internationally. For the first time, it enables members to showcase and code the full breadth of government and other experience and scale of projects and achievements, to be found for commercial and not for profit Chair, non-executive and leadership appointments where their experience is directly relevant. Profiles automatically update with any public board appointments and company financials, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals to search partners in an entirely private setting.
The Directory provides senior leaders from the arts, media and academic sectors with a powerful platform to be discovered by leading board search firms and nominations committees seeking cultural, editorial and intellectual leadership. Members can showcase experience from vice-chancellor, dean and provost roles to museum directorships, editor-in-chief and broadcast leadership positions, with granular coding across philanthropy, endowment management, editorial independence, research commercialisation and cultural policy. Profiles automatically update with public appointments and honours, while members retain full control over the presentation of capacity and career goals in an entirely private setting.
The platform provides chairs, chief executives and trustees from the not-for-profit sector with an international platform to be discovered by leading board search firms, foundations and nominations committees seeking governance experience across mission-led organisations. The granular coding system captures leadership of global NGOs, foundations, healthcare, education and international development charities, alongside specialisms from fundraising and endowment stewardship to safeguarding, impact measurement and regulatory compliance. Profiles automatically update with public trusteeships, while members retain full control over the presentation of availability and ambitions in an entirely private setting.
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