Board advisory
Effectiveness reviews, agenda design and independent counsel — delivered inside the rhythm your board already keeps. The work is confidential by default, disclosed to the full board, and reviewed for effectiveness twelve months later.
Effectiveness reviews that directors actually rate
Most board reviews are compliance theatre: a survey, a sunrise photo, no change. Ours run differently. Every director is interviewed confidentially for an hour; papers, minutes and two board meetings are observed; and the output is a short list of structural changes — not a score out of ten.
Twelve months later we re-interview to check what changed. The reviews that score highest with chairs are the ones that removed work from the board rather than adding it: fewer papers, sharper decisions, clearer delegated authorities.
- Annual effectiveness reviews for founder-owned and PE-backed boards
- Agenda and information design so the board governs decisions, not updates
- Independent board member and chair search with our search partners
Counsel for chairs and chief executives
Some questions are harder to ask inside the room. Chairs use us confidentially on director dynamics, succession and the tone of papers. Chief executives use us on board management — how to bring bad news early, how to stage a decision, when to stop briefing and start asking.
This counsel is retained, monthly or quarterly, and bound by the same confidentiality as the review itself.
Board advisory — what boards ask
If your question is not here, ask it directly — the first conversation is free and candid.
Common questions
Are your reviews aligned with the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code?
How is this different from what our auditors offer?
Can an advisor attend our board meetings?
Do you help appoint non-executive directors?
Bring us the decision, not the brief
The most useful first conversation starts with the decision the board cannot close. We will tell you within the hour whether we are the right firm for it.
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