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Leadership Development
Cranfield School of Management is the business school of Cranfield University, based at Cranfield in Bedfordshire and formally established in 1967. Its executive development arm runs open programmes, custom programmes for organisations, online short courses, apprenticeships and business simulations. Open programmes are grouped for levels from individual contributors and line managers through to directors, the C-suite and boards. The Breakthrough Leadership Programme, for senior managers moving into director roles, combines virtual learning, two five-day residential modules on campus and review sessions at 6 and 12 months, with a coach throughout. For current and aspiring non-executive directors (NEDs) it runs the Non-Executive Directors' Programme, a three-day residential course at Cranfield campus, and the Non-Executive Directors Essentials Programme, an online, self-paced course of 8 modules developed with VirtualNonExecs and booked through it as stage one of the Cranfield NED pathway. Named clients include Jaguar Land Rover, BAE Systems, Shell, L'Oréal and UNICEF. Fees are published for each programme, for example £17,950 plus value added tax (VAT) for the Breakthrough Leadership Programme, including accommodation, £3,950 plus VAT for the Non-Executive Directors' Programme, including accommodation, and £1,999 plus VAT for the Non-Executive Directors Essentials Programme. The school states it is accredited by AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). In the Financial Times 2026 executive education rankings it placed 29th globally for open programmes and 21st for custom programmes.
NED Services
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.
Executive Coaching
Starbuck & Associates is a Lincolnshire-based coaching and leadership development firm, winner of the National Coaching Awards Coaching Business of the Year 2025 and a certified B Corp. Their team of ICF Master Certified Coaches (MCCs), placing them in the top 4% of coaches globally, delivers CEO and executive coaching, team coaching, NED coaching, and accelerating women in leadership programmes. ICF accredited coach training is delivered under The Coaching Craft brand, with ACC (ICF Level 1) and PCC (ICF Level 2) routes and an MCC route on a waiting list. ELCAS funding is available for service leavers. Rated Excellent on Trustpilot, with ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification.
Professional credentials
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC)
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NED Services
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.
NED Services
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.
Diversity & Inclusion
Green Park is a London-based talent advisory and executive search firm, founded in 2006, with a second office in New York. Its services are executive search, interim leadership, leadership advisory and board recruitment for chair, trustee and non-executive director (NED) roles. It states that around half of its assignments each year are non-executive roles. A separate practice, branded DICE, works on diversity, inclusion and culture, offering inclusion audits and diagnostics, inclusive leadership training and coaching, diverse talent mapping and longer partnerships for private, public and third sector organisations. Programme lengths are not published. Fees are not published, and a free first consultation is offered. The trading company, Green Park Interim & Executive Limited (number 05672094), was incorporated in January 2006. Its website lists International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 quality management recognition since 2008, Disability Confident Committed status since 2020 and the Hampton-Alexander Enhanced Code of Conduct accreditation since 2017, and it displays a Cyber Essentials Plus badge. It also runs the Race Equality Matters initiative.
NED Services
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.
NED Services
The Financial Times (FT) Non-Executive Director Club is the alumni network of the FT Board Director Programme, set up in 2004 and run in London and Asia. Membership is open to graduates of the FT Non-Executive Director (NED) Diploma and to people who have taken its courses. Members are invited to regular speaking and networking events and receive a monthly digital newsletter on legislation, governance news and job opportunities. The programme behind the Club runs the six-month Diploma, a two-day Effective Non-Executive Director Programme workshop, a one-day workshop on getting a first NED role, self-paced online courses of 3 to 4 hours each, and in-house board training for organisations delivered in person, online or in a hybrid format. No separate fee for the Club is published. The UK Diploma costs £8,925 in person or £7,525 virtually, excluding VAT (value added tax), and the Asia Diploma costs £10,250 in person. The Certificate in Board Effectiveness, made up of four online courses, costs £1,750 plus VAT. The Diploma states it is approved by Pearson Education Limited as meeting the criteria for Pearson's Self Regulated Framework, and legal content in two of its modules was updated by Slaughter and May in January 2025. Its faculty are practising non-executive directors and chairs.
Leadership Development
Henley Business School is the business school of the University of Reading, founded in 1945, with campuses in Reading and Henley-on-Thames. Its executive education is aimed at managers, senior leaders and board-level executives. It is offered as open programmes, custom programmes for organisations, apprenticeships at Levels 6 and 7, and Executive MBA and master's degrees. Coaching courses are run through the Henley Centre for Coaching. The Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching lasts nine months part-time, with three full-day workshops held at the Greenlands campus or live online, and asks for at least five years' management experience. Further certificates cover advanced coaching practice, team and systemic coaching and coaching supervision. The MSc in Coaching for Behavioural Change takes at least 30 months part-time. The Professional Certificate costs £7,250 and the MSc £25,800, both exempt from VAT, or £18,550 for the MSc if the certificate has already been completed. The certificate is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) at Level 1, the Association for Coaching (AC) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at Senior Practitioner level. The school states that it holds accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). It reports more than 7,000 students and 107,000 alumni. Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading in 2008.
Professional credentials
ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner
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NED Services
Connectd is a London-based platform, launched in 2020, that matches startups with non-executive directors, board advisors and fractional executives. Startups describe what they need and are matched with experts from its network, with matches reviewed within 48 hours. Roles can be pro bono or paid, and many start pro bono before moving to paid, equity or blended terms. For executives building a portfolio career, its Transition to Portfolio offer includes self-paced academies for fractional executive and board advisor roles. Each has five modules, 180 minutes of one-to-one mentoring and a guaranteed pro bono placement, lasting three months on the fractional route and six months on the board advisor route. It suggests members have around 10 years in a senior leadership role, and most train alongside a full-time job. Startups can use the platform free for the first six months. Fees for executives are not published. Connectd states that each academy pathway carries 30 continuing professional development (CPD) points, but does not name an accrediting body. It was founded by Roei Samuel, is operated by LinkExec Ltd, and lists offices in London, Manchester, Poland and Mumbai. Its website says it was ranked sixth in LinkedIn's Top UK startups list for 2024.
NED Services
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.
NED Services
Chapter Zero is a not-for-profit forum for non-executive directors and chairs on climate governance, founded in 2019 and based in Canterbury, Kent. Members are non-executive directors (NEDs), senior independent directors and chairs on listed, private, government and non-profit boards, with an associate tier for people who do not hold a current NED role. It runs roundtables, workshops, webinars and conferences, online or in person, and publishes briefings, a monthly bulletin, a Knowledge Hub and toolkits including a Transition Planning Toolkit and a Board Toolkit. In return for free membership, members are asked to take part in events and an annual survey. Membership is free. Chapter Zero Limited is a company limited by guarantee, funded by philanthropic organisations including the Children's Investment Fund Foundation and the IKEA Foundation. It was developed with support from the Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Engagement at the University of Cambridge, and belongs to Chapter Zero Alliance, a network of 34 chapters in more than 70 countries. It states it has more than 3,700 members, and that 73% of companies in the FTSE 350 share index have at least one member on their board.