Board Excellence is a highly-experienced provider of board and governance services to Small Medium Enterprises (SME). We have a deep understanding of the practical approaches and board/governance structures that work effectively in the SME environment and add significant value to the company.
Our support services are adaptable to the particular requirements, size and nature of your company and our engagement approach is one which empowers your board to identify issues and constraints and to achieve step changes in your board effectiveness, governance and performance and the value you add for shareholders and
stakeholders.
We have a strong track record of helping SMEs professionalise their board and supporting evolving the board to add significant value to the company, increase its strategic focus and help the company to successfully navigate challenging market headwinds and position the company for long-term sustainable success.
We provide a full range of high-quality board support services to SMEs including:
- Board Chair and Non-Executive Director Search service (Ireland only)
- SME board best practices workshop training for directors and executives
- Mentor service for Board Chairs and Non-Executive Directors
- External board evaluations
- Support on Board composition, diversity and succession planing
- Support on CEO succession planning
- Mediation of boardroom disputes and issues seriously impacting board effectiveness
- Strategy and Board Away-Day facilitation
- General Governance support
Some of Our Clients
What Our Clients Say
“We were delighted with our experience working with Kieran and Board Excellence to help us recruit top talent to our newly formed Board of Directors. Right from the beginning of the process, Kieran worked with us to firstly understand how a successful Board should be structured. He then helped us identify our needs and clearly define the job specs. Board Excellence’s network is incredible, and they connected us with some fantastic individuals who all would have been suitable for our Board. Over the process this was narrowed down, and Kieran helped us every step of the way. What was most impressive was that they understood our brand and business and matched our passion to find the right Board members to help the business grow. For any early-stage business who is looking to start a Board then I would highly recommend Board Excellence.”
“We engaged Board Excellence to provide strategic consultancy advice to the company board and executive team. The role involved reviewing & strengthening our board processes and board information model, executive reporting systems, strengthening our corporate governance, supporting our executive team in key areas such as strategy & risk as well as helping the board team embrace leading international best practices in board effectiveness & performance. Working with the Board Excellence team was enjoyable & rewarding and their unique ability to listen and to ask the tough questions in a constructive manner helped us identify the challenges facing us as a board team and as an executive team in addressing our own organisational weaknesses in sustaining planned company growth.”
“MAAS is a small precision engineering company with big ambition. To realise our ambition we wanted to develop a formal board structure but were unsure as to how to source a Non-Executive Director with the right skills and experience. Board Excellence specialises in this area. Anne-Marie worked closely with us to understand exactly what we were looking for in a director, taking account of our scale, our culture and our ambition. She identified several very strong candidates and guided us through the process to a successful appointment. We were delighted with this service and would highly recommend to any company.”
“I worked with Kieran and Anne-Marie in Board Excellence initially in 2020 to improve our board composition and performance. They have a great reputation for helping boards to drive business performance and I was not disappointed. Board Excellence gave us great insights and advice and was able to help us distil this into specific plans and actions. When it came to searching for non-executive directors, I was impressed with the strength and depth of the candidates offered. Their advice was excellent and certainly encouraged us to take a different perspective opening up a range of valuable candidates. I look forward to working again with Board Excellence again in the future.”
“Pat McGrath, Board Excellence, carried out a governance review of Open Application Consulting (OpenApp) in 2019 and subsequently worked with us in developing our Strategic Plan 2021-2024. Since then he has provided very valuable inputs as a Board Advisor over the past two years. The Board of OpenApp is very appreciative of Pat’s inputs.”
“Conjura approached Board Excellence to seek help finding a board chair in advance of a growth funding round. Several high-quality candidates were sourced by Board Excellence and following a series of interviews we were delighted to secure our first-choice candidate. Throughout the process everything was run efficiently allowing me to concentrate on choosing the right fit. Not only did Board Excellence find the candidates and run the process but they also provided invaluable advice throughout.”
