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Responsible governance protects value, creates it and sustains trust — and it is never one-size-fits-all. Whether you are listed, privately held, family-controlled, state-owned or a not-for-profit, we tailor evaluation, advisory, intelligence and development to your organisation, your culture and unique circumstances.

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The offering

What boards, owners and regulators ask us for

Five families, twenty engagements. Each family has its own page: how the work runs, what you receive, and what it asks of the people involved.

01 · Board evaluation
How the board actually works — and what to do about it
Self-assessment or external evaluation, for one board or a whole group: a contextualised exercise combining data and human-centred advisory expertise.
  • External board evaluation
  • Board self-assessment
  • Individual contribution assessment
  • Multi-year monitoring programme
How a board evaluation runs
02 · Board development & training
The people around the table
Composition, skills and training — for boards, executive committees, and the institutions that appoint directors.
  • Composition & skills matrix
  • Board & executive committee training
  • Sustainability & CSRD training
  • Nominee director & investment-officer training
How the work runs, what you receive
03 · Governance review & design
Beyond the board: the whole governance framework
Assessment, design and implementation — from a group policy to the ethics programme, the listing or the investment.
  • Governance review & design
  • Group & holding governance
  • Governance vulnerability review
  • Pre-IPO preparation & health check
  • Governance due diligence & action plans
  • Policies, charters & disclosure
How the work runs, what you receive
04 · Remuneration
What the board and the executive are paid, against the market
Benchmarks and policy review, in time for the remuneration committee.
  • CEO & board remuneration benchmarks
  • Remuneration policy review
How the work runs, what you receive
05 · States, SOEs & regulators
Governance regulation and practice, for the public sphere
With governments, supervisors and state-owned enterprises — usually commissioned by international financial institutions, and often attached to a transaction.
  • SOE governance assessment & board evaluation
  • IPO & privatisation readiness
  • State ownership policies
  • Central banks & securities regulators
How the work runs, what you receive
Not sure where to start?
Describe the situation. We tell you where it fits.
Most mandates begin with a conversation about what the board is facing, not with a proposal.
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Why Ethics & Boards

One line of business, no second agenda

Governance is the only business we are in — no audit practice, no executive search, no proxy solicitation. What that buys you is an opinion nobody has a reason to soften.

Independent

No other business to protect

We do not audit, recruit for or solicit votes from the companies we advise. Our reputation rests on the advice alone.

Evidence-based

Advice that starts from data

Gov360 Data covers 7,000+ listed companies and 450+ indicators per company. Every recommendation is read against where your peers actually stand — by name, not by median.

Senior-led

The advisor who signs runs the interviews

Senior advisors lead every mandate from kick-off to the board presentation, supported by experienced analysts. Recommendations come with owners, deadlines and indicators.

Before you call

The questions boards ask before they call

Six questions, the answers we actually give. Each comes from a proposal, a method or a delivered report — not from a brochure.

How long does a mandate take?

A governance review runs about four months for a group and around ten weeks for a mid-sized financial institution. A board evaluation follows the board's own calendar, from kick-off to the presentation of the report. A seminar is built in six weeks, counted backwards from the day in the boardroom.

Who actually does the work?

Senior advisors lead every mandate and run the confidential interviews themselves, with an analyst taking notes; they stay on the file from kick-off to the board presentation. Analysts prepare the fact base, the benchmarks and the drafts.

What stays confidential, and who sees what?

Interviews are one-to-one and confidential. Questionnaire responses are aggregated: no individual answer is identifiable in what the board receives. Individual contribution results go to the chair alone. Engagements and the institutions that commissioned them are disclosed only with their agreement.

What happens after the report?

The report is discussed in draft before it is final, then presented in the room. Recommendations come with owners and target dates, written as T+x from the month the board approves the plan. Charters and policies are revised so the paper matches what was decided; on a board evaluation, we stay available after delivery, because the questions arrive later.

How do you choose the peers for a benchmark?

With you, first. An index with its composition dated, a bespoke panel by sector, geography and size, or a list you name — constituents disclosed, never just a median. The data comes from Gov360 Data: 7,000+ listed companies, 450+ indicators per company, refreshed continuously.

The mandate comes from our lender. Does that change anything?

The sequence is the same; the deliverable is different. A corporate governance action plan carries a chronological workflow, a priority for each recommendation, the party responsible and target dates, and is written into the legal documentation and followed year by year. Recommendations that only the owner can act on go in a separate annex.

Who commissions us

From listed boards to state ownership agencies

Listed companies and SMEs, stock exchanges and financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, funds, family-owned and private-equity-backed companies, foundations and international organisations — directly, or commissioned by the international financial institutions and development finance institutions that finance them, often alongside a transaction.

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The same method, scoped to very different owners.
Listed companiesFamily-owned & private groupsBanks & financial institutionsMutuals & cooperativesState-owned enterprisesMinistries & ownership agenciesCentral banks & securities regulatorsDevelopment finance institutionsInvestors & fundsNGOs & international organisations

Individual engagements and the institutions that commissioned them are disclosed only with their agreement. References are available on request, under mandate.

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What does your governance need next?

A board evaluation, a governance review, a group policy, a code for a regulator — tell us what you are facing, and let's discuss it. Mandates are led by senior advisors who stay on the file from kick-off to the board presentation.

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