Board
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There is a direct correlation between the composition and dynamics of the board of directors and an organisation’s success.
Our global board practice will partner with you to help your board meet the ever-increasing expectations and levels of scrutiny demanded by shareholders and society. We can support you in building strong, productive work groups whose members trust and challenge one another and engage directly with senior managers to better navigate the critical issues facing their organisations.
Our global board practice helps some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies attract, assess, and develop their board. The practice has more than 20 years’ experience in delivering global board services to organisations both large and small across a wide range of sectors. Our clients are found amongst the largest institutional owners as well as PE/VC firms and private ownership spheres.
Contact us for a confidential discussion about our board services
- Our approach is to act as a trusted advisor to our clients, using the highest levels of discretion and with a genuine understanding for the strict confidentiality required for assignments at this level.
- Our global reach coupled with localised, established relationships in relevant geographies and our one-firm focus enables us to help you find candidates far beyond the confines of traditional databases.
Tailored board review
Building efficient boardrooms to ensure your future success
Many countries have corporate governance codes that advise or mandate an annual evaluation of the board and processes. Alumni Global has more than 20 years' experience of supporting boards and owners with both comprehensive and high-level board reviews - always with a focus on future strategic objectives. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure their boardrooms have the right skills and experience to allow for strong corporate governance, rich and varied perspectives and strategic thinking that is both robust and innovative.
Using a tailored approach, Alumni Global will work with you to identify the strengths and weaknesses in your board composition using both quantitative and qualitative research. We provide high quality feedback on current board effectiveness and its ability to meet both current and future strategic goals.
Perspectives
Recipe for success in the boardroom
- How can the board improve its ways of working?
- How can the composition of the board be improved?
- How can the Chair develop their leadership of the team and improve the board’s interface with executive management?
Strategic board recruitment
Unleashing better leadership in the boardroom
Alumni Global are proud of the reach we can offer our clients that are looking to expand their non-executive directorship. Our clients benefit from our genuine understanding of good corporate governance practices, board dynamics, and a wealth of competence from a broad range of industrial, functional and geographical backgrounds. We are often a key partner for nominating committees with a sincere ambition to increase the multi-factor diversity of the boardroom.
We have an international presence with global access to localised networks that allows us to be proactive in board recruitment and find potential candidates outside the confines of traditional databases.
We work hard to remove the bias in appointing new board members and strive to challenge our clients to find those candidates that complement the experience and competencies of the existing board. Through our local, longstanding relationships in relevant networks we are able to seek out potential directors who have the richness of perspective to provide the diversity of thought necessary to support successful strategic thinking.
Whatever your company size or ownership, Alumni Global will partner with you to find your new board member with the strategic, functional and cultural experience necessary for them to be impactful from day one.
- What expertise would complement the current board composition and help safeguard the company's future?
- How can we find board directors from different industrial, functional and geographical backgrounds to ensure diversity on our board?
- What skills will we need among our board of directors to help support and challenge our company CEO and executive management?
Board research
Unleash the potential of learning and sharing
We pride ourselves on being able to help identify optimal and efficient boardroom work and board composition. Our global board practice helps some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies attract, assess, and develop their board. We regularly perform surveys and research to examine the topics that are on and off the boardroom agenda and illustrate how boards are navigating the challenges associated with them. Our research highlights the concerns, trends and solutions that boardrooms are facing today and in the future.
If you can see the potential in sharing with, and learning from your peers, and would like to read our previous research or contribute to the latest discussions, then please get in touch to learn more.
Industry expertise
We have built an extensive network within each area of expertise and developed a specialised team of consultants with proven track records in their respective industries. We bring both the experience and ability to assess competencies and cultural fit.
