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Building exceptional boards. Driving extraordinary results.
The board directors you select today will determine your governance effectiveness for years to come—impacting strategic decisions, risk oversight, and how you create value. It’s a high-stakes decision that demands specialized expertise to get right.
Our board search consultants help you find board directors who bring the precise expertise, judgment, and perspective your board needs to excel.
Client success stories
Fortune 500 financial services company
A Fortune 500 financial services company offering charge and credit payment card products, as well as travel-related services worldwide, had experienced significant growth, with annual revenues increasing 121% over 12 years. As the company evolved, the board sought to diversify its skills and experiences to better support the company's strategic vision and long-term growth.
How we worked together
We began with a due diligence phase to understand and align the board on the company's long-term strategy, current board composition, and culture. Together, we identified future skills gaps and created director profiles to address them, focusing on expertise in cybersecurity, financial management, activism, and the public sector. From this, we developed a comprehensive long-term refreshment strategy to address these identified needs.
Results and impact
We successfully supported the company through board recruitment and refreshment, and periodically updated the board's long-term refreshment strategy as business needs evolved. This deliberate approach to board composition ensured the company had the diverse skills and expertise required to sustain growth and navigate an increasingly complex business environment across multiple sectors and geographies.
Global food company
A publicly listed global food company with $8.7 billion in revenues was controlled by its founding family, which maintained 45% of the shares and fostered a strong, collaborative, and mission-focused culture. As the company evolved, leadership sought to refresh their board by adding critical skills and expertise aligned with its strategy, while preserving the company’s distinctive culture.
How we worked together
We were retained to assist with director recruitment through the creation and management of an evergreen pipeline. We maintained a roster of board director candidates who the company could proactively consider and target before vacancies arose. Over the course of the relationship, we acted as a trusted advisor on board searches, CEO succession, activism defense, and director onboarding.
Results and impact
We successfully supported the family-controlled company in strategically refreshing its board while maintaining its collaborative culture and mission focus. The evergreen pipeline approach enabled proactive identification of qualified candidates with the right skills mix, ensuring seamless board transitions when opportunities arose. Our ongoing advisory relationship provided comprehensive support across multiple governance challenges, helping the company navigate complex situations while preserving its founding values.
Our board director search strategy: Find the right board director
Drawing on decades of experience, our board director search process uncovers leaders capable of effectively governing organizations like yours. We evaluate candidates through the lens of your specific organizational challenges—whether that's navigating regulatory complexities, overseeing digital transformation initiatives, or strengthening risk management frameworks in your industry.
Step 1: Situation calibration and initial discussions
We conduct thorough engagement and situation assessment, clarifying roles and responsibilities, planning timing, and understanding your company's strategic context and challenges while defining the skills and experiences needed for the director position.
Step 2: Define the talent pool
Through initial candidate identification, we develop position descriptions for each profile, identify prospects, and refine prospect lists through collaborative processes with the search committee, providing both expected and innovative candidate suggestions.
Step 3: Selective discussions with candidates
We vet each candidate to determine required skill sets and evaluate their degree of potential fit, meeting with the search committee to discuss interested prospects and narrowing the pool to those the committee wishes to interview for the position.
Step 4: Assessment of candidates
The committee meets with qualified candidates, creates a final shortlist, and continuously provides new candidate suggestions as others may withdraw from the search process.
Step 5: Decision and appointment
We conduct extensive referencing, perform appropriate background checks through third parties, determine internal and external communication strategy, and provide feedback to ensure a smooth transition onto the board.
By focusing on your organization's unique context, we help you identify prospective board directors capable of driving meaningful and lasting change.
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Your questions about board director recruitment, answered.
What types of board director roles do you help organizations fill?
We recruit for the full spectrum of board positions, including Independent Directors, Audit Committee Members, Compensation Committee Members, Governance Committee Members, Risk Committee Members, Technology Committee Members, ESG Committee Members, and other specialized board roles. Our expertise spans public companies, private equity-backed firms, private organizations, family enterprises, and non-profit institutions across all sectors and growth stages.
What makes RRA different from other board director search firms?
Our expert board advisors have extensive experience working with boards at major global organizations across all industries. We don't just fill positions—we help you define what board composition should look like for your specific strategic needs, then find directors who can deliver . We serve as strategic advisors throughout the entire process—from board assessment through successful integration of your new board members.
How can we ensure the effectiveness of board director appointments?
Successful board director placements require alignment of functional expertise, strategic perspective, and governance capabilities. We evaluate prospective directors through in-depth interviews, extensive reference checking, and consideration against our data-driven understanding of what make a board successful. Our process identifies candidates who not only possess specialized knowledge but also demonstrate the strategic thinking, collaborative approach, and business acumen needed to contribute effectively to boards in today's complex business environment.
How can we find the best board director candidates?
We maintain extensive networks of high-performing executives and experienced directors across industries and geographies. Our sourcing strategy leverages established relationships with proven board-ready leaders and proprietary research methodologies. We identify candidates who may not be actively seeking new opportunities but whose expertise in areas such as finance, technology, sustainability, risk management, and digital transformation align perfectly with your board composition needs.
How do you help newly appointed board directors succeed?
We know that finding the right board talent is just the beginning. Our strategic board recruitment services can include comprehensive onboarding support to ensure your new directors can make an impact quickly. We facilitate key relationship building, help align expectations, and provide orientation guidance during the critical first months to maximize the chances of long-term effectiveness.
What geographic regions do you cover for board director recruitment?
Our board director recruitment capabilities extend globally. As a leading global leadership advisory firm, we maintain deep networks of board talent across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and emerging markets, allowing us to recruit board directors wherever your organization operates.
Where can I find the top board director search consultants?
RRA's specialized board consultants bring decades of collective experience placing top directors across industries. Our consultants understand the evolving role of modern board directors who must balance oversight responsibilities with strategic guidance, digital transformation insights, and ESG considerations. Our deep understanding of board dynamics enables us to identify candidates with the precise blend of expertise and perspective your board needs.