In this blog, Elise Perraud, NEDonBoard’s COO, discusses the NED role in the housing sector. She presents data and insights gained from the jobs board for you to assess the opportunity to join the board of a social housing provider. What is a housing association? Housing associations are not-for-profit organisations that offer housing to…
Start your journey to the boardroom with a school governor role Recommendations and guidance from an experienced school Governor and Chair of Governors If you are starting your journey to become a non-executive director, you might want to consider becoming a school governor as a first step to building your portfolio career. The jobs…
Expert interview with Francesca Ecsery, portfolio Non-Executive Director with 23+ years experience in both blue chip companies and start-ups in the Digital / Retail / FMCG / Leisure travel industries. She has a Special expertise in multi-platform consumer Marketing, Branding and Commercial strategies which deliver growth and profits. In this interview, we asked Francesca about…
Andy Leeser shares his experience of the similarities and differences between NED roles, what he looks for when joining a new board, learning curves and how he stays current. Andy is an experienced Chairman and NED offering a proven track record and a rare set of insights in improving and realising equity value. He has 25…
Expert interview: recommendations to aspiring NEDs from an experienced director As Terry Irwin proves in his expert interview that a good network goes a long way… Terry held several non-executive director positions. He was appointed to the board of Holt Lloyd in 1992, then a £50 m subsidiary of the Morgan Crucible Group. He…
Diversity breeds progress and – disregarding the fact that in 2015 this conversation should be unnecessary – women add diversity to any board they join. Simply put, women have a different set of experiences and a separate history – they bring something unique to the boards they join. According to a February 2015 study by…
Prepare effectively your non-executive interviews, ensure success at every step of the recruitment process and secure an appointment An observation has revealed that a significant amount of well-trained executives have not performed well during the interview process with the nominating committee members of corporate boards. Due to the uniqueness and the specificity involved in…
The board of directors is chosen to act on the behalf of the company’s shareholders in order to manage the daily affairs of the business. Overall, the board is held responsible regarding the shareholders and holds a yearly meeting each year whereby the directors have to give a report to them concerning the company’s performance,…
An Inspiring Leader: Michael Treschow, Non-Executive Director of Unilever Michael Treschow is a business man from Sweden who became chairman of the board at Unilever in 2007. Since that time, he has taken on the roll of NED, working behind the scenes of the powerful company concerning policy making and planning. He formerly acted as…
Writing your non-executive director CV is one of the steps to becoming a non-executive director, which aspiring and transitioning NEDs may underestimate. A good NED CV is a sales document, which outlines your unique value proposition for a board and demonstrates the skills, expertise and experience that a board is looking to recruit. A well-written…
