Board Search and Recruitment
High-performing trustee boards and governing bodies are essential for organisational success. Our Board Recruitment service exists to find you the right people with the right fit, relevant skills and motivation to move you forward.
How do you recruit the best trustees and governors for your organisation? The type of board members who will drive strategy, ask the right questions and constructively support your CEO and executive team?
Recruit the best boardChanging technology, funding landscapes and economic & political uncertainty mean that organisations need to be more agile, diverse, skilled and broader thinking to adapt successfully to the fast-evolving external climate.
All whilst providing assurance, risk management and the robust delivery of your governance responsibilities.
Good boards, with the right human dynamics, are a rich source of skills, experience, ideas, and networks that can not only safeguard, but inspire and support an organisation to thrive in this fast-changing world.
Who we work with
We know our stuff. Over the last 12 years, we’ve recruited 1000s of people to boards and, as board members ourselves, we understand the nuances and challenges that come with a commitment to better governance with a focus on board development.
We often get to know our clients, their board culture and their longer-term ambitions. We are passionate about your cause and develop a narrative to attract the people you really need. This often means working with boards over many years as a partner for trustee succession.
We operate our board recruitment services across the charity, non-profit, health and education sectors with particular strength in the following areas:
- Health and social care, including hospices
- Governors of educational charities, HE, FE, and MATs
- Social and criminal justice
- Membership and trade associations
- NHS and NHS Charities
- Arts and culture
- International development
- Trusts and foundations
- Students’ Unions
Our selected track record
Chair of the Board
ACEVO
Action Homeless
Anti-Slavery International
Carers UK
Early Intervention Foundation
GS1 UK
Hospice in the Weald
Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre
Mountbatten Group
Royal Free Charity
The Contact Group
Worksop College
Treasurers and Chair of Finance Committee
College of West Anglia – Chair of Finance Committee
University of Derby – Audit and Risk Committee Member
User Voice – Treasurer
Bolton Cares – Treasurer
Refugee Employment Network – Treasurer
Galapagos Conversation Trust – Chair of Finance Committee
Royal Society of Prevention of Accidents – Treasurer
Multiple Appointments
CARE International UK – 5x Trustees
CPRE – The Countryside Charity – Chair and Trustee
Coventry University – 13x Members of the Governing Body
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama – Chair and Chair of Audit Committee
DACS (The Design and Artists Copyright Society) – Chair and Non-Executive directors
Derby University – 4 Council Members
Galapagos Conservation Trust – Chair and 3x Trustees
Jane Goodall Institute UK and Belgium – 15x Board Members
Hopwood Hall College – Chair and Committee Chair
Internet Watch Foundation – Chair and 3x Trustees
Migrant Help UK – 2x Trustees
NASEN – Chair and 2x Trustees
Nacro – Chair of Finance and Audit Committee
Open Age – Chair and Treasurer
P3 – 5x Trustees
Parentkind – 8x Trustees
Public Law Project – Chair and 3x Trustees
The Children’s Trust – 5x Trustees
Vista – Chair and 3x Trustees
VSO International – 7x Trustees
Young Gamblers Education Trust – Chair and Trustees
“Without a doubt working with Peridot Partners has been a significant enabler for YGAM. The dynamics and productivity of our board has taken several leaps forward and it is pleasing to be working with such a talented group of people who have big ambitions for our charity.
Having now had the opportunity to work with the new board over what is now almost a year, it has been the best thing for YGAM. Our governance, scrutiny and entrepreneurial outlook has significantly increased and more importantly we are looking forward with confidence and an assured resolve to deliver our charitable objects with conviction and maximise our social impact.”
Lee Willows, Chief Executive, Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust
Organisations we have supported with board recruitment and development:
“It was absolutely excellent working with both Grant and Jennifer from Peridot Partners. I was impressed by the research they carried out on JGI before the search began and the thoroughness of their desire to understand our organisation.
Thereafter, the level of service was extremely high and I would highlight the excellent communication by both phone and email. At the end of the process the outcomes exceeded our initial expectations and desires which leaves JGI UK in a strong position moving forward. I would thorough recommend Peridot Partners to anyone looking at professional recruitment services.”
Adrian Sladdin, Chair of the Jane Goodall Institute UK, 2019
