Executive board recruitment

Executive Board member – search and recruitment

An alert and competent board plays a decisive role in a company's development and goal attainment. A rapidly changing competitive landscape, changing framework conditions and a challenging geopolitical trading situation have become everyday life for many companies. It also affects what competence the board needs to be able to meet these challenges.

We find that companies are increasingly in demand for board members who:

reflects diversity in society
has a global mindset and brings in international experience and perspective
concerned with sustainable and renewable solutions and recognizes how different business practices can help support the business's bottom line social responsibility
good ethical and cultural understanding and ability to understand the company´s culture
ability to adapt unlike business environment and apply technological innovations
can operate within flexible board models and has the ability to meet demands and expectations of new ways to lead
understands risk management and crisis management
is genuinely interested in creating results together with others, and that manage to challenge, think new and push the company forward

We have specialized in identifying skilled board members. With the help of our search methodology, network and AI-optimizing systems, we present new candidate profiles in line with requested competence requirements.

New rules from 2024

In 2024, a requirement was introduced for at least 40% gender balance on the boards of medium-sized and large companies. By 2028, the new rules will cover 20,000 companies and 13,000 new board representatives.

The rules were introduced from 2024 and will cover approximately 8,000 companies. Initially, it applies to companies with total operating and financial income exceeding NOK 100 million. The rules will be expanded annually until 2028 and will apply to approximately 20,000 companies.

In 2028, the rules will include companies with more than 30 employees and with more than NOK 50 million in total operating and financial income.

The government's calculations show that almost 13,000 new board members will need to be recruited by 2028.

Source: regjeringen.no

Are you interested in being considered for a board position?

Register your CV if you wish to be considered for a board position. Your CV will be searchable in our database for board members.

The database for board members is separate from the company's candidate database, which is used for recruitment purposes. If you want to register for vacancies, you can do that here.