Client Testimonials

“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.”

The University of Limerick has been engaged on several projects with Board Excellence over the last number of years. These include formal Governance Support Programmes with the other universities in the sector, advice on governance issues such as skills matrix for our Governing Authority and sub committees and a complete review of our Induction Programme for Governing Authority. Board Excellence have also provide us with several very useful best practice guides. Kieran presented to our Governing Authority on “The Board’s approach to strategy in the Covid-19 and economic crisis era” and members of our Governing Authority very much welcomed the insights into Board Excellence’s experience on this topic. I would recommend Board Excellence for their high quality support and services

Kieran Moynihan and Board Excellence have been working with the Board and Chief Executive of COPE Foundation assisting them to improve their Board governance and information model since 2017. Kieran’s easy style and manner has assisted the Foundation to firstly review its Governance and Board information processes and then to put in place a structure and methodology that firstly ensures that the Board has all of the information and detail it requires to ensure that Board members can fulfil their obligations and secondly to ensure compliance not only with Company Law but also with best practice for charitable and voluntary organisations. It is with great pleasure and the utmost confidence that I am providing this recommendation

Having undertaken training with Kieran and Eileen of Board Excellence, our Board had a unanimously positive response. The training was clear and very practical and has focused our minds on having a more dynamic board that can react to current and future needs”

“We selected Board Excellence to assess the performance of the board of Tusla – the Child and Family Agency. We found their methodology thorough, professional and probing and their delivery efficient and on time. Jonathan Westrup, the lead assessor, quickly grasped the sensitivity and complexity of our sector and their Report was both insightful and balanced. We are working through their recommendations which board members believe will further strengthen governance and enhance concentration on medium and longer-term strategic direction”

“Board Excellence have demonstrated a deep expertise in board dynamics and the key factors that impact a board’s effectiveness and performance. We place a major emphasis on embracing board best practices in our investee companies. Board Excellence have developed a strong, practical framework which provides assistance to boards to improve their overall effectiveness and performance. They have been an excellent partner to work with and we look forward to building our relationship further”

“Board Excellence, through Jonathan Westrup, completed a thoroughly professional Board evaluation of the Board of Management of Oberstown Children Detention Campus. In addition to identifying good practice and areas of improvement for the Board, the evaluation also provided some entirely fresh perspectives on our approach, linking recommendations to the organisation’s strategic direction in a most helpful manner. The evaluation exceeded expectations in every respect and I could not recommend Jonathan highly enough.”

“The Board of Directors (Council) of CPA Ireland engaged the expertise of Board Excellence to ensure that the Board members, individually and collectively, understood the characteristics of a high performing board and how to sustain high performance. The CPA Ireland Directors found Board Excellence to be experienced, engaging, knowledgeable and challenging and, very importantly, enjoyable. The collective
experience within Board Excellence ensures that Directors are presented with real world examples against which to benchmark performance. In summary, Board Excellence are excellent.”