Services
Ashurst Board Advisory
We help our clients – the Chairs, Boards and CEOs of Australasia's largest public and private companies – solve their most complex governance, leadership and people issues.
Find an expertDemands on large public and private company Boards continue to evolve alongside ever increasing stakeholder expectations, and greater calls for Board accountability.
Directors must navigate competing pressures, yet maintain a focus on their core governance responsibilities, while being responsive to new risks and alert to new opportunities.
Ashurst Board Advisory closely monitors emerging trends and challenges confronting Boards and their Executive Teams. As a trusted adviser, we focus on understanding and supporting those critical things that a Board must get right – their high-level governance, leadership and people issues.
Through a deep understanding of our clients, and the companies they govern, we develop tailored processes to deliver impactful insights and relevant advice. Working with the Chair and Board, we help our clients enhance Board effectiveness and improve company performance.
Connected and trusted
We operate in the boardrooms of Australia's leading companies, working with many of Australasia’s most prominent Chairs, Non-Executive Directors and CEOs.
Experienced team
We are a dedicated team, with extensive working knowledge of the Australian corporate landscape and a deep understanding of evolving corporate governance practices.
Performance focused
We understand the pressures, complexity and increased demands placed upon large company Boards and work with clients to address these challenges proactively and pragmatically. We focus on performance, rather than conformance.
Navigating complexity
Taking our instructions directly from the Chair and Board, we help clients navigate their most significant and complex high-level governance, leadership and people challenges, to drive a sustainable future for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Dynamic and responsive
We assist companies and their Boards to proactively transition their governance practices for improved performance and sustainable growth. We are alive to the issues of today, while maintaining a focus on identifying those of tomorrow.
How we can help
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Board and company performance
A Board's ability to drive long-term shareholder value, ask the right questions and both support and challenge the Executive Team, is influenced by a range of competing factors.
Read moreBoard and company performance
A Board's ability to drive long-term shareholder value, ask the right questions and both support and challenge the Executive Team, is influenced by a range of competing factors.
Taking a holistic approach, we bring an independent and experienced perspective to gain insights into what might be impacting Board performance. This involves reviewing the performance of a Board as a whole, together with the performance of individual Directors (including the Chair).
We help Boards focus their attention, improve their effectiveness and transition to best practice. Our approach takes into account each company's context and operating environment(s).
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Board and CEO succession planning
The process of Board and CEO succession planning is never complete. We provide guidance on Board composition and ongoing Board succession planning.
Read moreBoard and CEO succession planning
Board succession and search / appointment
The process of Board succession planning is never complete. We provide guidance on Board composition and ongoing Board succession planning. This includes supporting clients with their key Board appointments, by reviewing existing Board skills and dynamics against company strategy, culture and operating environment.
We collaborate with clients to develop a tailored search process to identify and appoint those with the skills, experience, character and resilience to enhance Board and company performance.
CEO succession, assessment and search / appointment
Appointing the "wrong" CEO can significantly impact a company and its stakeholders, and destroy billions of dollars of value. The appointment of the CEO is the single most important matter that the Board presides over.
We assist clients to proactively engage in a programme of active and ongoing CEO succession planning. This includes the identification, assessment and development of internal talent, as well as monitoring of external CEO prospects.
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Governance advisory and consulting services
The complex nature of large businesses, broad stakeholders and demanding regulators mean that Boards inevitably confront nuanced governance challenges that may require deeper investigation.
Read moreGovernance advisory and consulting services
The complexity of large businesses, broad stakeholders and demanding regulators mean that Boards inevitably confront nuanced governance challenges that may require deeper investigation.
We offer independent and expert governance advisory and consulting services across a range of strategic and governance issues (such as company risk and opportunities, Director and CEO remuneration and market communication and engagement strategies), and provide advice to support a Board's response.
Ashurst Board Advisory draws on decades of the team's deep corporate governance experience.
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Chair, Director and CEO coaching
The role of Chair, Non-Executive Director and CEO carry immense responsibility and require resilience, significant personal sacrifice, and ongoing daily challenge.
Read moreChair, Director and CEO coaching
The role of Chair, Non-Executive Director and CEO all carry significant responsibility and require resilience, personal sacrifice, and daily challenges.
We understand the complexity involved in governing large companies, and provide coaching and mentoring to Chairs, Non-Executive Directors and CEOs, on matters of practical corporate governance and company strategy.
We also provide these services to those that have regular engagement with the Board, including Executive Team members, the General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Structuring for Performance vital to world class boards
Successful boards are comprised of directors possessing deep operational experience and a detailed collective understanding of governance.
Read moreWe understand your business
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