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Exec-appointments Boards

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Exec-appointments.com is a Financial Times (FT) job board for senior executive and board roles, including non-executive positions. Candidates can search vacancies, set up job alerts and upload a CV so recruiters can match them to roles. The site covers chief executive, chief financial officer, director and other senior appointments, and has a board jobs section that includes non-executive director, chair and trustee roles. Advertisers include executive search firms and employers. FT Career Management, which runs the site, also publishes an Executive Appointments section in the Financial Times newspaper every Thursday. A Standard job listing costs £550 for two weeks or £880 for four weeks, a Premium listing costs £990, and an Enhanced listing costs £1,320 for 14 days or £2,200 for 28 days. Prices exclude VAT (value added tax). The site states that Enhanced listings get 1.75 times the job views of Standard listings. Its recruiter terms name John Wiley & Sons as the company providing the advertising service.

GetBoardwise

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GetBoardwise is a UK non-executive director placement and outreach service. Rather than a passive job board, it runs targeted LinkedIn and direct outreach campaigns to CEOs, chairs and founders on behalf of aspiring NEDs and board advisors, and reports more than 400 paid board placements to date.

Institute of Directors (IoD)

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The Institute of Directors (IoD) is the UK's professional body for company directors, founded in 1903 and operating under a Royal Charter. It provides director training and qualifications (including the Chartered Director designation), governance guidance, policy representation, and member services, and its NED Hub offers factsheets, guides, webinars and CPD specifically for non-executive directors.

Mission Match

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Mission Match is a UK retained search firm that appoints chairs, non-executive directors (NEDs) and senior executives. Its main work is board search for chairs, NEDs, independent directors and committee members of private, private equity-backed, public and not-for-profit boards. It also recruits chief executives, finance, operations and people directors and other senior executives, places interim executives, and helps private equity investors assess and appoint leadership teams after an acquisition. Searches follow six stages, from a strategic briefing and market mapping to assessment, longlisting and onboarding, and every candidate is assessed against its cognitive diversity framework. Coaching is offered to senior leaders, new chairs and interview candidates by video call or in person in London, including support through a new leader's first 100 days. Fees are not published. The firm says each search is led by a partner and that it takes a limited number of mandates. Its founder and partner, Lisa Moses, worked in executive search before senior roles in government, including at the Cabinet Office, and is a qualified civil and commercial mediator. Partner Adria Linder founded a search firm in New York and later led executive search at OakNorth, a UK bank. It is recruiting the first cohort of Mission: Board for All, a mentoring programme that pairs board-ready candidates with experienced NEDs.