Find independent board members in your own network
“Who in my network could join my board as an independent director?”
The best independent directors are often people you already worked with and trust, whose careers have grown since. We rebuild each career, filter on the experience your board is missing, and return a shortlist with the reason for each name and how you know them.
Who it’s for
Chairs, CEOs and founders completing a board or an advisory committee.
What we look for in your network
- The functions your board lacks: finance, digital, international, a given sector
- People who already sit on boards
- Careers that have grown since you last worked together
- How well you know them, in plain levels
- Contacts who worked with them and can speak to it
An extract of what comes back
Isabelle Roche Former CFO, Maison Verlaine
Chairs the audit committee of two listed companies.
Your finance director, 2008 to 2012.
David Okoye Chief Digital Officer, Hartwell and Rowe
Took a retail group’s e-commerce from 5 to 30% of sales.
Two contacts in common; one worked with him for four years.
Élise Fontaine Independent director
Sits on three boards in consumer goods.
Same executive programme as you.
+ 22 more board candidates in the full document, each with its reason
Fictional people and companies. The level of detail is real.
What you receive
A shortlist per profile you need, each name with experience, current boards, how you know them and who can vouch for them.
It starts with your network rebuilt in ten working days: careers dated, where you know each person from, how close you were, who can reintroduce you. Delivered in person, as a workbook you can filter, a searchable page and a clean address book for your iPhone.
An NDA before any file is shared. To find someone, only a name and a company leave your address book.
You choose who stays out of the search.
Professional facts only: nothing on wealth, health, religion or legal matters.
Everything deleted at the end, with a dated certificate.
Questions
- Do you run the recruitment?
- No. We show who you already know for the role; you or your search firm take it from there.
- Do you check conflicts of interest?
- We show current roles and boards from public sources. Formal checks stay with your counsel.
- How long does it take?
- Ten working days to rebuild the network, then a day or two for the shortlist.