Board Excellence Limited

Empowering boards to excel in effectiveness, governance and performance
Whether driven by regulation, stakeholder interest, or your own goals, our approach at Board Excellence is simple: we’re here to help you be the best you can be.
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Board Excellence Limited

13 Adelaide Road
Dublin
D02 P950

Board Excellence is a leading International Board Consultancy Practice that enables and empowers boards and individual directors to excel in effectiveness, governance and performance.   We support boards across all sectors, including financial services, listed companies, corporates, Private Equity/VC/Investment firms and portfolio companies, investment funds, SMEs, family businesses, public sector, non-profit, membership and charity organisations across all sectors and of all sizes in Ireland, the UK and internationally.  Clients trust us and we have a compelling track record across a range of sectors - boards in over 35 countries have trusted us to help them drive sustained improvement.

The Board Excellence team offers a unique mix and blend of board best practices expertise, thought leadership and complementary experience developed in a wide range of organisation types, sizes and sectors internationally. We offer a compelling mix of entrepreneurship, global executive and varied sectoral expertise which, together with strong track records in board chair, executive and non-executive director roles, enables us to support boards and directors in preparing for the many complexities and challenges inherent in board dynamics and performance.

We provide a comprehensive range of board services including:

1. independent, objective external board and governance evaluations;

2. a comprehensive, interactive board best practices workshop built on a combination of proprietary and international research and philosophies;

3. Chair, director and company secretary recruitment and mentoring;

4. independent mediation on internal board disputes and challenges; and

5. board information management best practice and other board support and guidance services customised to client requirements and

6. Board Composition, Diversity and Succession Planning and CEO Succession Planning. We also work with board/company secretaries to assist them in shaping the structures and practices required to support the board in achieving excellence.

Our external board evaluation approach is accredited by the UK Chartered Governance Institute and is tailored for each client.

  • Meet the Board Excellence Team

    Highly experienced board and governance experts combining experience as practicing Board Chairs and Non-Executive Directors with a strong track record in board/governance evaluations, training, consultancy, board recruitment and board dispute mediation - Click here

  • Board Evaluation

    Board Excellence is a leading provider of external board evaluations and reviews in Ireland, the UK and over 35 countries internationally. We have a strong track record in delivering external board evaluations that add genuine value to the board across the following sectors;

    • Listed stock-market company boards and corporate boards
    • Private Equity, Venture Capital and Impact Investment Firm portfolio boards
    • Small Medium Enterprises, Family Business and Private Company boards
    • State, Semi-State and Public Sector boards
    • Charity and Non-Profit boards
    • Membership Body, Trade Association and Co-Operative boards

    Board evaluation is increasingly acknowledged as a vital process for improving board performance and dynamics whatever the size, status or type of organisation. Our philosophy is that a highly effective board of directors makes a significant contribution to the success of the organisation beyond its statutory requirements and is a powerful source of added value for the organisation, its customers, shareholders, directors, employees and many other stakeholders.

    The comprehensive nature and objectivity of our evaluation programme will, if thoroughly embraced by the board and executive team, establish a strong foundation to assess the current strengths and weaknesses of the board and drive a measurable plan of sustained improvement.

    Our external board evaluation programme consists of the following phases;

    • Completion by the board and executive team members of a confidential board effectiveness questionnaire
    • Review of the last 12 months of board and committee materials, governance materials, Committee Terms of Reference and key materials in the area of culture, ESG, cyber-security, risk management, strategy and shareholder/stakeholder engagement etc.
    • Confidential one-to-one interviews with board directors and senior executives
    • Optional attendance as an observer at a board and selected committee meetings
    • Development of a draft external board evaluation report for initial review by the Board Chair
    • Presentation of the draft report key findings and recommendations to the board

    As part of our standard external board evaluation/review programme and representative of our strong commitment to support our board clients drive sustained improvement in their board effectiveness and governance, we provide at no additional cost to our board clients, 12 months of follow-on support to the Board Chair, Secretary and CEO on;

    • Implementation of the board evaluation recommendations
    • New board effectiveness, governance and performance issues arising during that period

  • Board and Director Training Services

    Board Excellence is a leading provider of board and governance training across all sectors including financial services, large corporates, investment firms and their portfolio boards, public sector, not-for-profit and charity boards.

    Our workshops, delivered either in person or virtually, are customised for the currently level of client board / governance sophistication and the specific sector. 

    Specific components include:

    • A pre-workshop planning call with the Board Chair, Company Secretary and CEO
    • Key focus on real-life case studies and common challenges
    • Practical guidance on board and committee effectiveness
    • Latest thinking on board dynamics, effectiveness and governance
    • Innovative approaches to enabling the Executive team partner effectively with the Non-Executive Directors

    For more details see https://board-excellence.com/services/board-best-practices/