Board, Chair & NED

Having an effective board of directors with a range of experience, capabilities and perspectives is crucial to enhancing decision making and improving the performance of organisations. Diversity is a crucial asset enabling a board to capitalise on business opportunities, manage risk effectively and drive shareholder value. This is particularly true at a time of rapid business change, digital disruption, evolving business models and societal expectations.

Odgers Berndtson advises boards to identify the right chair or non-executive director (NEDs)  for myriad organisations. Working in partnership, we identify skills gaps, opportunities and risks within the business and fully understand the board and leadership team to find individuals who will offer the skill set and diversity of perspectives to contribute effectively. We then build a chair or NED candidate profile and use this to identify and attract a range of talented candidates from a national or global pool.

The ideal chair or NED should have complementary skills and experience that will add value to the business on board matters including: 

• Governance and risk management
• Strategy, operations and people
• Leadership succession
• Systems thinking
• Cross-sector and cross-border insights
• Sustainability, technology and purpose

Odgers Berndtson advises listed companies, ambitious small and medium-sized businesses, privately-owned groups, public sector entities and for purpose sector. As independent advisors, our ambition is to help our clients build exceptional boards that drive sustainable business growth.

We work together creatively to help our clients achieve a balance of skills, experience, and diversity of thought on every board succession.