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Designing Governance from Day One

When companies enter a new ownership structure, particularly in a private equity context, structured governance becomes mission-critical.

In many cases, a formal board does not yet exist or has evolved informally over time. Establishing a professional, value-adding board is therefore a fundamental strategic decision.

With our Board Constellation service, we support our clients in designing and building the entire board from the ground up. So that governance is set up correctly from day one and the board operates as a cohesive, aligned body.

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Where we can help

Full Board Build-Up

When a company requires a professional governance structure for the first time, we take responsibility for identifying and appointing the entire board. Rather than conducting isolated searches, we manage the full composition process as one integrated mandate.

Strategic Board Composition

Beyond individual appointments, we advise on the overall architecture of the board. This includes defining the required profiles, balancing investor representation and independence, and ensuring that the collective skill set reflects the company’s strategic priorities.

How we do it

Designing and Building High-Impact Boards

1. Governance Architecture

Analyzing ownership structure, investment horizon and value creation plan
Defining the strategic mandate and governance role of the board
Designing optimal size, chair structure and committee set-up
Identifying required capability clusters across the full board

2. Role & Capability Design

Translating the architecture into clearly defined individual board mandates
Defining responsibilities, committee allocation and expected contribution
Specifying independence criteria and experience requirements
Ensuring complementarity of expertise, industry exposure and perspective

3. Sequencing & Project Planning

Prioritizing mandates where multiple seats are filled in parallel
Defining search waves and decision milestones
Aligning stakeholders and approval logic
Establishing a clear timeline with fixed review checkpoints

4. Executive Search for Each Position

For every defined board mandate, we conduct a dedicated Executive Search process in line with our proven methodology (this includes target mapping, direct approach, reference validation and more)