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Odgers

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Odgers, known as Odgers Berndtson until June 2025, is a global executive search and leadership advisory firm whose UK team is based in London. Its Board, Chair and Non-Executive Director (NED) practice recruits chairs and NEDs for large listed companies, small and medium-sized businesses, private equity firms, entrepreneurs and family-owned groups. Each search starts by identifying the board's skills gaps and the risks facing the business, then builds a candidate profile and draws on a global pool. A separate leadership advisory team offers leadership assessment, development and coaching, and board reviews for chief executives, senior leaders and boards. Odgers Interim places interim chief executives, directors and managers. Fees are not published. Odgers is a member of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC). It reports around 200 partners and offices in 33 countries, and says it completed 4,900 searches worldwide over the last three years. Partner Mark Freebairn heads the UK Board, Chair and NED practice.

Perrett Laver Boards

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Perrett Laver is an employee-owned executive search firm with a board practice, registered in London and incorporated in 2001. Its board practice recruits chairs and non-executive directors (NEDs), including chairs of audit, finance, remuneration and risk committees. Clients come from higher education, charities, arts and culture, sport, research and innovation, the environment and government. Beyond search, it advises on specialist board portfolios, board diversity and succession planning, and runs a governance apprenticeship programme for universities. The firm has 21 offices across the Americas, Europe, the UK, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Fees are not published. The firm states it is 100% employee owned through an employee-owned trust and has more than 160 staff, working with clients in more than 70 countries. Recent board clients it lists include UK Research and Innovation, Sport England, the Natural History Museum and the University of Cambridge.

Reach Volunteering

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Reach Volunteering is a London-based charity, set up in 1979, that matches skilled volunteers and trustees with charities and community groups. Organisations post volunteer and trustee roles on its online platform. People based in the UK with at least three years' professional experience can search and apply, or create a profile so charities can contact them. TrusteeWorks, its paid search service, recruits trustees, chairs and treasurers for charities, academy trusts, hospices and other social purpose organisations. Its consultants run a briefing call, research and direct search, then screen candidates and present a longlist. Timescales are not published. The service is free for volunteers and most organisations. Trustee roles are free for charities and educational bodies with income under £1 million and other organisations under £250,000; above that, a role costs £200 or £300 plus value added tax (VAT), and an Enhanced option costs £450 plus VAT. TrusteeWorks is priced by quote. Reach is a registered charity (number 278837) and a company limited by guarantee. In 2025 it recorded 5,996 placements, including 1,387 trustee appointments, across 2,440 organisations. After announcing a closure, it says nine funders and donors are now funding it to the end of 2028.

Salford Professional Development

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Salford Professional Development is the commercial training arm of the University of Salford, based in Salford and set up as a company in 2012. This listing covers its Non-Executive Director Programme, a two-day course for people seeking a non-executive director (NED) role or a portfolio career. It covers how the NED role differs from an executive director's, the legal framework, formal duties and liabilities, interpersonal skills in the boardroom, and how to secure a first role and manage a portfolio career. Teaching uses case studies, role-play, scenarios and structured group discussion. It runs as a live virtual classroom or on the University of Salford campus. The tutor is John Palfreyman, Associate Professor of Digital Strategy at the University of Leeds, who advises boards. The programme costs £1,195 plus VAT. Other director-level courses include Board Dynamics and Corporate Governance, which can count towards a Certified Directors Programme that ends in a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 8 Certificate in Strategic Direction and Leadership. The site displays the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and continuing professional development (CPD) logos, though the NED programme page names no accreditation. The company is Salford Professional Development Limited, incorporated on 3 July 2012.