At Saxton Bampfylde, our Board Practice partners with organisations to help build exceptional boards that drive leadership, governance, and success. With deep expertise in executive and non-executive recruitment, we identify visionary leaders who bring strategic insight, diversity, and the skills to navigate complex challenges. Our tailored approach ensures each board is equipped with the talent needed to shape the future.
Our experience
Bringing forward passionate and diverse Board Leaders
For almost 40 years, our Board Practice has been at the forefront of identifying, supporting, and guiding non-executive leaders across diverse industries and geographies. With a deep understanding of governance in both national and global contexts, we help organisations, whether commercial, public, or not-for-profit, maximise the impact of their boards.
Our proven processes, expertise, and award-winning diversity initiatives ensure excellence in every appointment. We proudly support the appointment of 250 Chair and non-executive roles annually, driving increased diversity and delivering exceptional results across all sectors.
Our board appointments in the last year
Our client success stories: Board appointments driving leadership and impact across sectors
Ooni – a modern General Counsel for a £200m multinational pizza oven business
Read moreCarnegie UK – successful values-driven Chair search for a leading national wellbeing charity
Read moreTesco Bank – Non-Executive Director for a major retail bank with over 5 million accounts
Read moreMeet our team
Board Advisory
Board Review
Based on years of experience in assessing senior executives and non-executives board member of organisations of all sizes and shapes we have strong understanding of what makes for effective Boards. Our experience of selecting the right person to sit around a board table can be equally applied to the board as a group in thinking about how their collective capabilities, mindset and behaviours play equally important roles in ensuring they are the right group for the organisation they serve.
Values and dynamics alignment
We recognise our role in providing clients with clear and relevant insights to differentiate between candidates who are technically matched. The ability to explore underlying leadership characteristics, a candidate’s likely cultural fit with the board and wider organisation and how they interact with others is essential. Our in-house psychologists are able to de-risk the decision process, measuring, for example, an individual’s personal impact through their level of motivation, drive, judgement and influence.
Coaching for aspiring and new Non-Executives
Our coaching for non-executives focuses upon behaviours, values and dynamics rather than technical aspects of governance. The coach helps individuals to consider the transition from their previous career in to a non-executive role, how they can apply their strengths, how they may need to adapt, what they hope to gain and to contribute through the role.