Application for membership

Apply for inclusion into the closed, curated member database for senior board members and leaders searched by leading board headhunter and private equity firms including Advent International, Egon Zehnder, Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Lygon Group, Russell Reynolds, Sapphire Partners and Spencer Stuart.

It is open to board members and leaders of the largest companies globally (above £300m of revenue or market cap, down to exco - 2 level where a large cap) and to partners of major professional services firms worldwide. It is also open to board members and leaders of the largest government, arts, military and not for profit organisations. Members must be either serving and recently retired, if without a portfolio.


Step 1: Individual information

  1. 1
    Individual information Contact and other details so that search partners can reach you.
  2. 2
    Professional experience Indicate your current role and expertise for search purposes.
  3. Directory application review You will be informed by email if your application is accepted in a week.
  4. Complete your profile Login using your email and password and populate your profile.

Need help? Email [email protected]

Personal information

Contact details

Please use your personal email so that it does not go out of date. Your email will not be shared with our members, third parties or made public. It will only be visible to our board headhunters / partners and other private equity partners for mandate identification purposes.

You will need the email and password set here to activate your account.

This can be an alternative personal or work email.

Your number will not be shared with other members, third parties or made public.

Nationality & residence


Please amend if you are not in the UK.


You can add previous countries you have lived or worked in to be found for relevant mandates e.g. Japan.

Profile & security

Maximum file size: 20MB. Accepted formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP.

Passwords require at least 8 characters, including one uppercase, one digit, one special character (!£$%&*()_+@#?<>=-).