Board Search
With over four decades of experience, we know what makes boards exemplary.
Why Us?
Bedford Group has helped hundreds of clients build effective, inclusive, decisive and strategic boards that bring diversity of thought, background and perspective and help to provide the framework to deliver exceptional corporate performance. Your board is counted on for guidance and sound judgment, and you can count on us to deliver board members that are fit for purpose in today’s rapidly emerging business and social environment.
Proven track record of delivering a diverse pool of exceptional board candidates that meet the unique needs of every client.
Deep industry knowledge, decades of experience, and an extensive global network to draw upon of experienced board and board ready candidates.
Proven, proprietary diagnostic and assessment tools that measure board candidates across various dimensions of fit.
Deep compensation expertise and resources including annual, industry-specific board and executive compensation reports.
Research and experience have taught us that the best boards are diverse and balanced. Exceptional boards require a breadth of industry and functional expertise, complementary skill sets, and varied ideas and perspectives to make sustainable strategic decisions.
Through our dedicated compensation practice, we also have in-depth experience providing counsel and benchmarking reports regarding board compensation and governance, as well as advising boards on talent strategy and acquisition, succession, retention and performance incentives. Globally, Bedford Group Transearch has completed hundreds of Board and Chair placements over the last decade.
Our robust board search placement process allows us to source and attract board members with the right mix of experience, expertise, and mindsets. We help you create effective boards that provide perspective, challenge assumptions, and push boundaries – regardless of your organizational life cycle stage, size, or ownership structure (private, public or not for profit).
We bring extensive experience recruiting for independent board members, board chairpersons, as well as board chairs for each committee including: Audit, Nomination & Corporate Governance, Sustainability, and Compensation.
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Board Search
Our robust board search placement process allows us to source and attract board members with the right mix of experience, expertise, and mindsets. We help you create effective boards that provide perspective, challenge assumptions, and push boundaries – regardless of your organizational life cycle stage, size, or ownership structure (private, public or not for profit). We bring extensive experience recruiting for independent board members, board chairpersons, as well as board chairs for each committee including: Audit, Nomination & Corporate Governance, Sustainability, and Compensation.
Board Succession Planning
An effective board strategy requires careful succession planning and a board composition plan that anticipates the future requirements of your organization. Our proven board and executive succession planning process helps you build a future-proof, agile board that is fit for purpose.
Board Effectiveness
We have over four decades of experience learning how board directors can have the greatest collective impact. We work with each client to address challenges and ensure the structure is strategically aligned and optimal for achievement of objectives. over the past three years, 65% of our successful board candidates were female and 68% were ethnically diverse.
Board Resources
Our executive and board compensation research and services are unmatched. We publish compensation survey reports annually by industry as well as compensation governance and policy advisory services. We also specialize in peer-group executive and board compensation benchmarking, utilizing both publicly-available and proprietary salary data. Our peer groups are meticulously selected based on company size, market cap and asset value, geography, growth phase, and other factors.