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In Professional Development (INPD) is a management and leadership training provider based in Appley Bridge, Greater Manchester, founded in 2018.
It runs open and in-house programmes for directors, senior leaders and managers, most lasting 2 to 5 days, delivered online, in London or Manchester, or at the client's site. Many lead to Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 or Level 7 awards and certificates, including a Level 7 Certificate in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, assessed by written assignments. After its 5-day Executive Mini MBA Accelerator or Directors Development Programme Accelerator, learners can take a postgraduate certificate (PG Cert) validated by the University of Chester. It also offers one-to-one and team executive coaching, typically 6 to 12 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes over 3 to 6 months, from a pool it says has more than 150 coaches.
Individual places are listed from £1,400 plus value added tax (VAT) for the 2-day Finance for Non-Finance Managers course to £3,250 plus VAT for the Directors Development Programme Accelerator. In-house group delivery is listed from £2,750 plus VAT per day, and coaching prices are not published. It states that it became a CMI approved centre in June 2019. The company, In-Professional Development Ltd (number 10777587), was incorporated in May 2017, and its website names clients including Siemens Energy, the National Health Service (NHS), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Toyota and KPMG.
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.
MRA Executive Coaching is an executive coaching, coach training and coaching supervision firm based in Cranleigh, Surrey, founded in 2011.
Its board and non-executive director (NED) work covers board effectiveness reviews, executive and family board coaching, and the Advanced Non-Executive Director Professional Accreditation for senior executives and aspiring NEDs. That programme begins with three one-to-one coaching sessions and a Hogan psychometric assessment, followed by a coaching qualification, NED Coaching with Confidence, taught over five full-day modules. The firm also offers one-to-one and senior team coaching, leadership training, career transition coaching and a Level 5 coaching qualification. That qualification runs over 16 weeks, face to face or online, and is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global.
Prices are not published. MRA has been a certified B Corporation since April 2023 and displays the logo of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The company is Matthew Radley & Associates Limited, led by its chief executive, Matthew Radley, and it runs an annual £10,000 Social Impact Fund.
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.
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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.
The Association of Chairs is a London-based membership charity for chairs and boards of charities and non-profit organisations, incorporated in 2012.
It serves chairs, co-chairs, vice-chairs, aspiring chairs and trustees of non-profits of any size, and states that it has over 1,700 members. Membership gives access to member-only resources, chair support and mentoring, free events and webinars, Chairing Essentials or Board Essentials training, an online community and regional and sector groups. Events and training run online and in person. It also runs Chairs in Need, a support service, and publishes a free guide, A Chair's Compass, written by co-founders Ros Oakley and Ruth Lesirge.
For 2025 to 2026, individual membership costs £70 a year where the organisation's income is under £5 million and £140 above that. Board membership covers the whole board and costs £175 to £495 a year depending on income, with 15% off a three-year sign-up and a limited number of bursaries. It gives its charity number as 1154293 and is a company limited by guarantee. Liz Lowther became chief executive in June 2025.
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
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.
Criticaleye is a London-based peer-to-peer community for board-level leaders, whose UK company, Criticaleye (Europe) Ltd, was incorporated in 2002.
Its members are chief executives, chief financial officers, chief people officers, chairs and non-executive directors (NEDs). Executive Membership gives a senior executive access to the peer network, board mentors and a personal relationship manager. Corporate Membership covers five or more executives from one organisation for at least two years. NED Membership is for chairs, NEDs and senior independent directors, with confidential roundtables and events on governance, risk oversight and boardroom dynamics. The Chair Ready Programme is a 12-month pathway for experienced NEDs and first-time chairs, run through virtual masterclasses and roundtables, and ends with certification. Other formats include pop-up boards, retreats and forums.
Membership prices are not published. The website lists more than 110 board mentors, all of whom have led organisations and now work at board level. A second company, Criticaleye (Asia) Ltd, runs an office in Hong Kong and an Asia leaders membership. The chief executive is Matthew Blagg. Logos on the website include Drax Group, Legal & General, NatWest Group, NATS and Rolls-Royce, though it does not say which are members.
Praesta is a London-based executive coaching firm, run as Praesta Partners LLP, which says it has worked with clients for twenty years.
It offers executive coaching for individual leaders, including people moving into more senior roles, along with team coaching, group coaching for senior leadership groups and board effectiveness work. Group coaching combines one-to-one sessions with workshops and can be a one-off or part of a wider leadership change programme. Board work centres on a board performance review using individual interviews, surveys and observation of meetings. Clients come from technology, media, manufacturing, transport, financial and professional services, consumer goods and the public and third sectors. Session numbers, programme length and delivery format are not published.
Prices are not published. The coaches page lists 19 coaches, two of whom are described as accredited at Professional Certified Coach (PCC) level by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Praesta belongs to Praesta Global, a network of coaching firms in France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Spain and the UK. It states that it never names the organisations or individuals it works with.
Professional credentials
ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), AC Master Executive Coach
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.
Littlewick Green, Berkshire, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
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.
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
