Build the board for your next stage of growth
We help founders and CEOs build, review and reshape their boards by placing the independent directors, NEDs, chairs and advisors who bring the judgement, governance and networks to guide the next phase.
From the team behind the Global Board Report Series, so your board is built for today's challenges and opportunities, not stuck in tradition.
Boards need to evolve as your business grows. Let’s build a high-impact board together.
Companies engage Think & Grow for Board Advisory because…
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What is Board Advisory?
Board Advisory is how we help you build, strengthen or reshape your board. We place independent directors, non-executive directors (NEDs), chairs and advisory board members from our global network, and we review and realign existing boards so their composition matches where the business is going.
We don’t guess at what good looks like. We researched it. Our Global Board Report engaged 750+ board members, NEDs, investors and founders on how high-impact boards are being built and remade today. That, plus a network of operators who’ve sat on and built boards themselves, means we match you with the right directors for you and your business, as well as align chairs, founders and execs around a board that drives growth.
What you get with Board Advisory
Whether you’re assembling a first board, adding an independent, building an advisory board, or restructuring for the next stage, we tailor it to your growth phase. Depending on your need, it’s built from a menu of components:
Case studies
An advisory board for UK market entry
Designed an advisory board framework and secured four advisors with localised connections and expertise across regulation, school finance and EdTech, resulting in immediate market credibility.
Aligning founders and board for scale
As Harrison.ai scaled, its founders and board needed to align on the org design and leadership the next stage demanded. We facilitated that alignment and defined the structure, then placed the C-suite to match.
A fresh perspective of the board
Seer Medical needed a fresh perspective of its board and non-executive directors. We ran a structured board and NED review to assess composition, contribution and gaps, before recommending how to strengthen it for the road ahead.
Our team hasn’t just studied growth, they’ve done it.
We wrote the definitive research on modern boards. Our Global Board Report Series brought together 750+ board members, NEDs, investors, founders and CEOs on how high-impact boards are being built and remade, so when we advise on yours, it’s grounded in how the best boards work now, not the traditional model that’s gone stale.
And because Board Advisory sits inside our full Growth Stack, the board doesn’t sit apart from the business. We can review the leadership team it oversees, place the executives beneath it, and bring along the entire company in AI Business Transformation.
A multi-award-winning founder bringing two decades at the intersection of talent, media and technology.
Need to shake up your board?
Let's get the right people round the table.
Your Growth Centre of Gravity
Board Advisory is part of the People Pathway. Founders and CEOs often pair this service with:
Executive Search to source and place the right board members.
AI Audit or Diagnostic Workshop to get the board up to speed with AI usage and ROI.
Market Intelligence to kickoff a GTM strategy with the new board.
Programs
A defined entry point
Facilitated workshops for a structured, high-value engagement about your business
Growth Services
Support for expansion and scaling
GTM and market intelligence for ambitious companies scaling into new markets and phases.
People Services
Design your org for its next phase
Executive Search, Capability Review, and Organisational Design for scaling companies.
AI Services
Level up operational infrastructure
AI and digital transformation that’s grounded in commercial context, not just technical delivery.
Frequently asked questions
Board advisory is to help to build, review or reshape your board by placing independent directors, NEDs, chairs and advisory-board members, reviewing an existing board’s composition and effectiveness, and aligning founders and directors around the company’s direction.
Board search finds and places new directors (an independent NED, a chair, or advisory-board members). A board review assesses the board you already have: its composition, contribution and gaps, with recommendations to strengthen or restructure it. Many clients do both.
Independent directors, non-executive directors (NEDs), board chairs, and advisory-board members, drawn from a global network, matched to the sector, market and growth stage you need.
An advisory board is a group of experienced advisors who give counsel without the formal governance duties of a statutory board. It’s especially valuable when you’re entering a new market and need local credibility, access and guidance quickly.
We wrote and released the Global Board Report Series: 750+ directors, NEDs and investors on how modern boards are built. So our advice reflects how high-impact boards must be designed and work today. And we’re operators who’ve built and sat on boards, with a global network of directors and the wider Growth Stack behind us.
Book a call. We’ll talk through where your board is today and what the next stage needs, and scope the right piece of work.
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