Client Testimonials

“Board Excellence through their specialists Dr. Jonathan Westrup and Mr. Chaka Nkofo demonstrated profound expertise in Executive Management dynamics and succinctly captured the nucleus of the Central Bank of Lesotho requirements for the training. The presenters professionally navigated and sensitively managed the identified topics on roles and responsibilities of the Exco, common Exco challenges and key requirements for an effective Exco, tools required for reaching consensus and effective interaction with the Board. Considering the professional and competent delivery of their engagement, on behalf of the Central Bank of Lesotho, I highly recommend Board Excellence for any board/ corporate governance consultancy opportunities that your company may offer.”

“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

“Kieran Moynihan has provided mentoring services to me over the last 12 months in support of my role as chairman of the board of a private equity backed business. Drawing on a wealth of his own boardroom experience and a state-of-the-art knowledge of best practices, I find his down to earth observations invaluable in helping me to be effective in my chairman role. His advice on tactical aspects of managing and leading a board has invariably been spot on, while his overall focus is always on the prize of helping me develop a high performing board that adds real value to the organisation. I warmly recommend him”

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

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership selected Board Excellence to conduct our Bi Annual external independent review of the effectiveness of our Board. As a regulated Asset Manager we felt that Board Excellence had the right experience and skill set to work with us. The approach, including the process and timetable was well managed and included the main board and board committees. The review was thorough and robust and the outputs helpful in terms of how we as a Board continue to develop and improve from a position of effectiveness. We worked with Paul George and Martina Maher who presented us with a useful set of findings incorporating Board support, future accountabilities and, Board dynamics, all of which are appropriate and proportionate to our business . The feedback session with the Board was
excellent leading to some good debate and clarification of the actions we will now take forward in our plans. We would work with Board Excellence again and would recommend them to other Boards.

“We recently engaged the services of Board Excellence to conduct a search for a non-executive Board Advisor. We were very pleased with the guidance and support we received, in particular the robust process of assessing and defining our needs and devising a comprehensive brief for the role. We are also delighted with the appointment of a high calibre board advisor and excited about the future and how this advisor will constructively challenge and inspire the senior executive team on overall performance and on innovative growth opportunities. Thank you Board Excellence”

Internationa Testimonials

“The Board Excellence workshop for PE run by Kieran brought focus to the key areas of what creates an effective board. Furthermore the levels of research and knowledge shared by the Board Excellence team, has enabled us to put together our own framework of best practices, which can now be rolled out throughout our business and portfolio.”