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The Non-Executive Directors Exchange (NEDExchange) is a family-run UK service for people seeking non-executive director (NED) roles, set up in 1999. Members receive a monthly newsletter of NED, chair and trustee vacancies, with details of how to apply and reminders of deadlines. It guarantees at least 45 opportunities a month. Members can also advertise their skills and interests, because the newsletter goes to the companies and recruitment agencies that advertise with it. Organisations can use it to find NEDs, and it publishes member CVs on its website. Membership prices are not published. It was started by Ray Fox, and since 2022 it has been run by Shirley, Katrina, Danielle and Jade Fox. Recent vacancies on its website include a university chair of council and a charity chair of trustees.

NEDonBoard

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NEDonBoard, now operating as the Institute of Board Members, is a UK professional body for non-executive directors and board members. It offers the NED Accelerator programme and other board-readiness training, a job board, CPD and a community for directors at every career stage, from aspiring NEDs to serving board members.

Non-Executive Directors Association (NEDA)

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The Non-Executive Directors' Association (NEDA) is a membership body for non-executive directors, set up in 2007 and based in Littlewick Green, Berkshire. It trains aspiring, new and experienced non-executive directors (NEDs). Courses include one-day NED Training and Certification sessions, held online or in person, Finance for Non-Finance Directors, and a course on audit and risk committees, some run with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The certification course gives access to an open-book, multiple-choice NED Certificate Test based on The Non-Executive Directors' Handbook, which NEDA publishes. It also offers one-to-one coaching and mentoring for NEDs, and services for organisations including annual board performance evaluations, a NED Development Programme and recruitment. The October 2026 online certification course costs £895 plus VAT, or £780 plus VAT for Premium members, and includes six months of Premium membership. Premium membership costs £195 including VAT for the first year and £75 a year after that, and a free tier is available. Coaching prices are not published. NEDA is run by Non-Executive Directors Training and Publishing Limited, with Graham Durgan as chairman and Nick Blackwell as chief executive.

Nurole

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Nurole is a London-based board search specialist for chairs, non-executive directors (NEDs) and trustees, founded in 2014 by headhunter Susie Cummings. It fills chair, NED, advisor, trustee and governor roles for listed, private equity-backed, privately owned and venture-backed companies, as well as charities, universities, schools, NHS trusts, housing associations and public bodies. It pairs an online platform with search consultants and states it has more than 30 sector experts drawn from search firms. For candidates, its Enter the Boardroom community offers free registration for matched roles and paid memberships. These include a career consultation, a board CV review, online programmes such as Board Pathway and Board Essentials, and monthly roundtables and governance briefings. Fees for organisations depend on the role and the size and structure of the organisation, and are given on request. Board Director membership costs £799 a year and Chair membership £999 a year. Nurole states that it places about 750 chairs, NEDs and trustees a year. In May 2025 it announced the acquisition of WB Directors, formerly Women on Boards UK, whose women's network now sits within Enter the Boardroom under co-founders Fiona Hathorn and Rachel Tranter. Its chief executive is Oliver Cummings.